Patent ID: 7513697

Claim:
A photoelectric transforming connector for optical fibers, comprising: a first connection subject to which an optical fiber is connected and having a first light emitting portion that transmits a light signal and/or a first light that receives portion receiving a light signal through the optical fiber; a second connection subject having a second light receiving portion facing the first light emitting portion that converts a light signal to an electric signal and/or a second light emitting portion facing the first light receiving portion, converting an electric signal to a light signal and transmitting it to the first light receiving portion; and a shell to which the first connection subject and the second connection subject are attached, wherein the shell has a bottom plate to which the first connection subject and the second connection subject are attached so that the first light emitting portion faces the second light receiving portion and/or the first light receiving portion faces the second light emitting portion, and a plurality of elastic pieces provided to stand upward on four sides of the bottom plate and contacting with the first connection subject and the second contacting subject, a convex engaging portion and a concave engaging portion formed on opposing faces of the first connection subject and the second connection subject; a front end and a base end of the convex engaging portion not contacting a base end and a front end of the concave engaging portion in a state that the first connection subject and the second connection subject are connected, and front ends of at least one of the convex engaging portion and the concave engaging portion are formed so that edges in a direction perpendicular to an opposing direction of the first connection subject and the second connection subject contact to at least another of the convex engaging portion and the concave engaging portion.