Patent ID: 8459879

Claim:
An optical fiber connector comprising: an optical fiber; a body comprising a top surface, a bottom surface, a front surface, and a rear surface, the top surface and the bottom surface extending from the front surface to the rear surface, the body defining a receiving groove in the rear surface, the receiving groove being entirely exposed at the top surface and having an open end at the rear surface, the body including a lens portion arranged at the front surface; and an optical fiber receiving block attached on the body and entirely received in the receiving groove, the optical fiber receiving block comprising an upper surface, a lower surface opposite to the upper surface, a front outer surface, and a rear outer surface opposite to the front outer surface, the front outer surface and the rear outer surface interconnected between the upper surface and the lower surface, the optical fiber receiving block defining a through hole extending from the rear outer surface to the front outer surface, the through hole located between the upper surface and the lower surface, and being not exposed at each of the upper surface and the lower surface, the optical fiber received in the through hole and retained by the wall of the through hole alone, and not protruding from the front outer surface, the lens portion optically coupled with the optical fiber.