Patent ID: 8454341

Claim:
A mold for molding an optical fiber connector, the optical fiber connector having a plurality of lens portions and a plurality of fiber receiving holes aligned with the respective lens portions, each of the lens portions having a flat surface or a curved surface facing away from the respective fiber receiving hole, the mold comprising: an upper molding portion; a lower molding portion; a first insert comprising a plurality of curved molding portions for forming the curved surfaces of the lens portions, and a flat molding portion for forming the flat surfaces of the lens portions; a plurality of second inserts for forming the fiber receiving holes; and a fixing portion for retaining the upper molding portion, the lower molding portion, the first insert and the second inserts therein; wherein the upper molding portion, the lower molding portion, the first insert and the fixing portion cooperatively define a molding space, a distal end of each second insert is inserted into the molding space, the first insert is moveable relative to the second insert such that the curved molding portions or the flat molding portion is selectively exposed in the molding space and is opposite to the distal ends of the second inserts.