Patent ID: 8746987

Claim:
A field assembled optical connector comprising: a ferrule having an optical fiber at a center thereof; a plug integrally forming a housing coupling part formed at one side thereof, and an open-topped boot into which an optical cable is inserted; an optical connection member inserted into and fixed to the plug to connect an optical fiber of the ferrule inserted at a tip end side and an optical fiber of the optical cable inserted at a rear end side therein; a boot cover rotatably coupled to the plug on a side of the open-topped boot to open and close an opened upper side of the open-topped boot while pivoting upward and downward and fix the optical cable together with the open-topped boot; a screw cap screw-coupled to the open-topped boot and the boot cover to fix the optical cable inserted into the open-topped boot and the boot cover; and a plurality of annular bosses arranged at inner sides of the open-topped boot and the boot cover and attached to an outer sheath of the optical cable inserted into the open-topped boot to press the optical cable while being spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance.