Patent ID: 8297853

Claim:
An optical connector device comprising a first connector and a second connector, wherein: the first connector includes a ferrule for holding an optical fiber, and a guide portion projecting longer than the ferrule; the second connector is for receiving an end of the ferrule along an optical axis of the optical fiber and includes a receiver for receiving the guide portion, and a shutter having a cover part, the shutter being movable between a cover position at which the optical axis intersects the cover part and an open position at which the optical axis does not intersect the cover part; the guide portion is operable to move the shutter from the cover position to the open position when the guide portion is received into the receiver along a mating direction in parallel with the optical axis; the second connector further includes a second connector body; the shutter is supported on the second connector body so as to be rotatable about a rotation axis, the rotation axis being perpendicular to the optical axis; the shutter includes an operation part; the guide portion passes through a receiving path when the guide portion is received into the receiver; the operation part is located on the receiving path in a state in which the shutter is located at the cover position; the shutter is rotated from the cover position to the open position when the operation part is pressed by the guide portion being received into the receiver; and when the shutter is located at the cover position, the cover part is apart from the rotation axis and the operation part so as to be located nearer to a mating end of the second connector in the mating direction than the rotation axis and the operation part, and the rotation axis is located between the cover part and the operation part in a direction perpendicular to the mating direction and the rotation axis.