Patent ID: 6918702

Claim:
An optical connector adaptor for connecting at least two optical connectors, comprising: at least one shield case to be attached to a panel through a through-hole of said panel; and at least one pair of housings provided in said shield case, one for each side of said panel, each housing receiving one of said optical connectors and having at least one sleeve support for aligning and holding end portions of said optical connectors, said shield case being made of a conductive material so as to provide a partition plate between said pair of housings and a flange portion grounded to said panel, said partition plate and flange portion being provided such that leakage and entrance of electromagnetic waves from said through-hole of said panel are minimized, wherein said each housing is made of a synthetic resin so as to have a plugging section into which one of said optical connectors is insertable, either said each housing or said shield case has at least one engaging boss and the other has at least one engaging hole so that said housing is secured to said shield case by engagement between said engaging boss and hole, and said each housing has two sets of pairs of optical connector locking members extending inwardly, from opposite side walls of said housing in a plugging direction of said optical connector.