Patent ID: 6926450

Claim:
An optical connector, comprising: a hollow, cylindrical shroud comprising a cylindrical section, a bore defined within the cylindrical section, the bore having a diameter to allow an optical fiber connector to fit therein and allow the same to plug or unplug a predetermined number of times, the bore being terminated at an opening in the bottom of the cylindrical section; a cylinder axially extended a predetermined distance from a center of the bottom of the cylindrical section, the cylinder comprising a longitudinal hole with an optical fiber fitted therein wherein a precise circularity in each of the bore and the longitudinal hole and coaxial characteristics of the same are obtained by forming the shroud and the cylinder by electrical casting, and a longitudinal axis of the bore is coaxial with a core of the optical fiber; an annular flange formed integrally in a bottom of the shroud by electrical casting or injection molding, the flange being adapted to fasten either a laser diode element or a light detection element; and a plurality of channels in the bottom of the shroud, the channels being equally spaced around the cylinder.