Patent ID: 8348521

Claim:
An optical fiber connector comprising: a distal housing being a parallelepiped and comprising: a distal recess being formed longitudinally through a distal end of the distal housing; a proximal recess being formed longitudinally through a proximal end of the distal housing, communicating with the distal recess and having an inner annular lip being formed at and protruding in from the proximal recess; a slot being formed longitudinally through an upper wall of the distal housing near and communicating with the proximal recess; and two anchor holes being aligned with each other and communicate with the proximal recess; a proximal housing being mounted in the proximal recess of the distal housing and comprising: an assembly segment corresponding to and being mounted in the proximal recess of the distal housing and having: a distal recess being formed longitudinally through a distal end of the assembly segment; an assembly protrusion is formed longitudinally on an upper wall of the assembly segment and being mounted slidably in the slot; and two anchor protrusions being formed respectively on two sidewalls of the assembly segment and being aligned respectively with and mounted respectively in the anchor holes; and a flange being formed on and protruding radially from a proximal end of the assembly segment and having a proximal recess being formed longitudinally through a proximal end of the flange; a core tube being mounted longitudinally in the distal housing, jutting out of the distal recess of the distal housing and having: a distal tube; a proximal tube; and an annular lip being formed on a proximal end of the distal tube and a distal end of the proximal tube and abutting the inner annular lip of the proximal recess of the distal housing an extension tube being mounted around a proximal end of the proximal tube of the core tube; and a spring being mounted around the proximal tube of the core tube and the extension tube and abutting the annular lip of the core tube.