Patent ID: 8246257

Claim:
An optical fiber connector, comprising: a housing comprising: a body having a first surface, a second surface parallel to the first surface, a third surface, and a fourth surface parallel to the third surface, both the third surface and the fourth surface connecting the first surface and the second surface, wherein a plurality of blind holes and receiving cavities are defined in the body from the fourth surface towards the third surface, each receiving cavity is adjacent to the third surface with respect to a corresponding one of the blind holes, each blind hole passes through the fourth surface, and has a first receiving hole portion communicated with the corresponding receiving cavity, the body is integrally formed; a plurality of lenses fixed on the third surface; a plurality of optical fibers each received in the corresponding blind hole, each optical fiber comprising a core portion received in the first receiving hole portion of the corresponding blind hole; and a glue applied in each receiving cavity and fixing the optical fibers in the housing; wherein along a lengthwise direction of each blind hole, a projection of each receiving cavity on a plane perpendicular to the lengthwise direction covers that of the first receiving hole portion, the glue surrounds the core portion, and a distal end of the core portion contacts an inner surface of the housing in the corresponding receiving cavity facing the respective blind hole.