Patent ID: 6935790

Claim:
An optical connector having a ferrule to be attached to an end of an optical fiber, a housing formed into a box-shape for receiving at least a part of said ferrule, and a plate-like spring received in said housing and pushing said ferrule along a center axis of said optical fiber, said ferrule comprising: a cylindrical portion for receiving said optical fiber; and a projecting portion projecting from an outer surface of said cylindrical portion, said projecting portion being positioned in said housing and supported freely to move along the center axis of said optical fiber by said housing, said plate-like spring comprising: a first flat straight portion; a second flat straight portion parallel to the first straight portion; and a connecting portion connecting the first straight portion and the second straight portion and being elastically deformable so as to allow the first straight portion and the second straight portion to move close to and apart from each other, whereby the first flat straight portion abuts on the projecting portion of the ferrule and the second flat straight portion abuts on an inner surface of the housing, and whereby the plate-like spring is received in the housing so as to place a surface of the first flat straight portion and a surface of the second flat straight portion perpendicular to the center axis and pushes the ferrule along the center axis.