Patent ID: 8118495

Claim:
An optical connector comprising: a connector housing having a splice means configured to abut a stripped and cleaved end surface of a plain fiber of an optical fiber cable onto an end of a fiber stub predisposed in the splice means to form an optical connection; and a cable fixing assembly, that includes a cable fixing member and a cable holder, for fixing an outer covering of the optical fiber cable introduced into said connector housing; wherein the cable fixing member, which includes an opposing piece for slidably engaging with a guide section formed on a wall of an end cap of the connector housing, is pressed in from the direction perpendicular to the axis of the optical fiber cable and is mounted on the wall of the end cap, and wherein a step section is formed on a sliding surface of the opposing piece to be in sliding contact with a sliding surface of the guide section, for moving the cable fixing member together with the optical fiber cable so as to reduce a distance between the splice means and the cable holder.