Patent ID: 11054586

Abstract:
An optical connector that requires fewer components and also has a simpler structure includes an optical fiber including a glass fiber and a resin coating surrounding the glass fiber; a ferrule having a flange outside the ferrule and a through-hole inside the ferrule, the ferrule holding, in the through-hole, a portion of the glass fiber exposed from the resin coating at an end of the optical fiber; a plug frame accommodating the ferrule; and an elastic member abutting the flange and biasing the ferrule. The flange has a flat surface on an outer periphery thereof, and the plug frame has a guide surface configured to unrotatably align the ferrule biased by the elastic member in contact with the flat surface of the flange. When the ferrule is moved in the direction opposite to the biasing direction, the flat surface is separated from the guide surface to bring the ferrule into a floating state relative to the plug frame.