Patent ID: 8778237

Claim:
A mold for molding an optical fiber connector, the optical fiber connector including a blind hole and a lens aligned with the blind hole, the mold comprising: a core pin including an insertion portion and a blind hole forming portion; a core mold including a receiving chamber and a positioning block removably received in the receiving chamber, the positioning block defining a hole receiving the insertion portion of the core pin; a cavity mold attached to the core mold, the cavity mold and the core mold cooperatively defining a molding cavity for forming the optical fiber connector, the cavity mold including a lens forming portion in the molding cavity and a through hole defined in a sidewall thereof in communication with the molding cavity, the core pin configured to be aligned with the lens forming portion, the blind hole forming portion of the core pin totally received in the molding cavity, an adjusting block engaged in the through hole, the lens forming portion configured for forming the lens, the through hole opening toward the blind hole forming portion, the adjusting block defining an aligning through hole for extension of the blind hole forming portion therethrough, the adjusting block configured to position the blind hole forming portion and maintain alignment between the blind hole forming portion and the lens forming portion during an injection molding process.