Patent ID: 7360955

Claim:
A board-mounted optical connector to be fitted with a corresponding optical connector in a direction substantially perpendicular to the top surface of a board on which the board-mounted optical connector is mounted, the board-mounted optical connector having a housing comprising: a first housing component; and a second housing component; wherein the first housing component has a housing space accessible through an opening formed in at least a portion of a side wall of the first housing component and houses portions of optical fiber members that are partially laid along the top surface of the board and are bent at nearly a right angle to the board together with an optical component connected to the optical fiber members in the housing space through the opening, the opening being configured so that the optical component and the portions of the optical fiber members are accessible from a direction substantially parallel to the top surface of the board, and the second housing component is attached to the first housing component in the direction substantially perpendicular to the top surface of the board and can close the opening of the housing space with the portions of the optical fiber members and the optical component connected to the optical fiber members housed in the first housing component.