Patent ID: 6402388
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
An optical connector in which an optical connector ferrule adapted to terminate an optical fiber by a butt connection is stored in a sleeve-like housing so as to be able to move in a direction axial to the housing, and said optical connector ferrule is urged by an urging means in a direction towards the butt connection from one end of an opening in the axial direction of said housing, comprising;a stop guard which is releasably accommodated and supported by a positioning support part furnished in said housing, the stop guard projecting from said optical connector ferrule; and a ferrule accommodating hole, which accomodates said stop guard permitting floating due to clearance away from the butt connection direction by said positioning support part of said housing; said optical connector ferrule is positioned and supported by said stop guard being accommodated in said positioning support part when said optical connector ferrule is urged by said urging means and moves towards said butt connection; the floating of said optical connector ferrule in said housing is permitted by said stop guard being released from said positioning support part when said optical connector ferrule resists the urging force of said urging means and is pressed away from said butt connection direction; wherein the opening part of said housing is a tapered opening part whose shape expands in a taper towards the butt connection direction, and in the vicinity of this tapered opening part, a projecting rotation support part which freely rotatably maintains said optical connector ferrule is disposed, and said optical connector which rotates centered on this rotation support part becomes freely rotatable within the range of said tapered opening part.