Patent ID: 7641397

Claim:
An optical connector adapted to hold a plurality of optical fibers and connect said optical fibers to a plurality of optical fibers of a mating optical connector, respectively, said optical connector comprising a housing, a V-groove portion for aligning said optical fibers, a plate for pressing said optical fibers to said V-groove portion, and a clamp for fixing said plate to said housing, wherein said V-groove portion extends in a fitting direction of said optical connector, said optical fibers are subjected to bending when said optical connector is connected to said mating optical connector in the case of a length of said plate being shorter than a length of said V-groove portion, said optical fibers are not subjected to bending when said optical connector is connected to said mating optical connector in the case of a length of said plate being equal to a length of said V-groove portion, and the length of said plate can be selected.