Patent ID: 7153041

Claim:
An optical connector with a shutter comprising: a case including an inserting hole for inserting a plug portion of a fiber-optic cable; an optical element arranged at a back part of the inserting hole so as to be optically coupled to the plug inserted into the inserting hole of the case; an inward opening shutter, opposite ends of an upper end thereof hinge-supported in the vicinity of an opening of the inserting hole, the shutter pivotable 90° from a closed position closing the insertion hole for dust proofing to an open position to extend along a ceiling of the inserting hole; and a shutter biasing spring interposed between a back surface of said shutter and ceiling of the inserting hole to urge the shutter toward the closed position, wherein the shutter biasing spring is a plate spring cut out from a flat plate made of metal to have substantially a W-shape when viewed from the side, and when the shutter is placed in the open position, the shutter biasing spring is elastically deformable into a shape of a flat plate between said back surface of the shutter and said ceiling of the insertion hole.