Patent ID: 7488119

Claim:
A photoelectric composite connector comprising: a first connector unit which is connected to optical transmission means, and a second connector unit which is configured to be directly attached to and directly detached from the first connector unit freely by utilizing their hollow structures, in a direction substantially perpendicular to a substrate on which the second connector unit is surface-mounted, so that the total height of the first connector unit and the second connector unit when the first connector unit and the second connector unit are connected to each other is less than the sum of their individual heights, wherein the first connector unit comprises a photoelectric conversion module and an electrical connector section having a first conductor which is electrically connected to the photoelectric conversion module, the second connector unit is formed as an electrical connector unit corresponding to the electrical connector section of the first connector unit and having a second conductor, and the first conductor of the electrical connector section of the first connector unit and the second conductor of the second connector unit are electrically connected to each other when the electrical connector section of the first connector unit and the second connector unit are connected to each other wherein the second connector unit comprises a photoelectric conversion module and an electrical connector section having the second conductor which is electrically connected to the photoelectric conversion module, and the first conductor of the electrical connector section of the first connector unit and the second conductor of the second connector unit are electrically connected to each other when the electrical connector section of the first connector unit and the electrical connector section of the second connector unit are connected to each other.