Patent ID: 7362926

Claim:
An optical connector comprising: (a) a board that includes a first signal-light propagation medium and having a first optical signal end allowing at least one of signal-light input and signal-light output; (b) a chassis disposed on the board and including: (i) an insertion-and-removal section that includes an insertion-hole forming wall that defines an insertion hole, into which is removably inserted a second optical signal end that is provided in a second signal-light propagation medium and allows at least one of signal-light input and signal-light output, the insertion-hole forming wall having: a support surface supporting a side face portion of the second optical signal end in an inserted state; and an abutting surface on which abuts a front end portion of the second optical signal end in the inserted state; and (ii) an optical connection section that includes a through-hole forming wall that defines a through hole piercing from a neighborhood of the abutting surface of the insertion-and-removal section to the first optical signal end and optically connecting the first optical signal end with the second optical signal end being inserted into the insertion-and-removal section; and (c) a biasing member that is disposed in the insertion-and-removal section in a protrudable and retractable manner, and that positions the second optical signal end being inserted into the insertion-and-removal section of the, chassis by biasing the second optical signal end to both the abutting surface and the support surface.