Patent ID: 6893164

Claim:
An optical connector comprising: a housing body portion having a fiber receiving hole portion for receiving an optical fiber exposed at an end portion of an optical fiber cord, the housing body portion to be connected to a mating optical connector, the optical fiber cord extending rearward from the fiber receiving hole portion; and a bending guide portion extending rearward from the housing body portion and having a holding portion for holding the optical fiber cord in a predetermined curved manner; wherein: the optical fiber cord is positioned and held in an axial direction thereof in the bending guide portion; the housing body portion includes a lock arm portion and a positioning projection; the lock arm portion passes through a retaining hole formed in a plate to which the optical connector is to be mounted; the lock arm portion has a retaining projection which retainingly engages with one side of the plate; and the positioning projection is retainingly engaged with the other side of the plate.