Patent ID: 8317409
Filing Date: 2012-11-27
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. An optical fiber connector comprising: a holder; a housing fixed on the holder; a clamping member for clamping an optical cable having an optical fiber, the clamping member comprising a base portion, a post formed on the base portion, the clamping member defining a bore therein for the cable passing through, the post defining a fixing hole communicating with the bore of the clamping member, and the post forming at least one elastic resisting tab adjacent to the fixing hole; a tube sleeved on the post and compressing the at least one elastic resisting tab for holding the cable in the post; a protecting member positioned in the housing, the protecting member defining a bore for the optical fiber of the optical cable moveably passing through; a first elastic member, an end of the first elastic member resisting the protecting member, and the other end of the first elastic member resisting the clamping member, to urge the protecting member to partly protrude out of the housing; and a second elastic member sleeved on the post of the clamping member, wherein the holder defines a first receiving chamber to receive the base portion of the clamping member and a second receiving chamber to receive the post of the clamping member, the holder forms a shoulder dividing the first and second receiving chambers, the post forms a stopping flange abutting the shoulder, an end of the second elastic member resisting the base portion of the clamping member, and the other end of the second elastic member resisting the shoulder of the holder, thus to fix the clamping member in the holder.