FIBER OPTIC CONNECTOR WITH SHUTTER

摘要

A fiber optic connector comprising: a housing; an optical fiber alignment device provided in the housing and having a alignment hole in which an optical fiber is received; a sliding mechanism provided on the housing and slidable in a front-rear direction of the housing; a shutter pivotally connected to the sliding mechanism and being turnable between a closed position where the alignment hole is closed by the shutter and an opened position where the alignment hole is opened by the shutter; and an elastic mechanism pressed against the housing at one end thereof and pressed against the shutter at the other end thereof. When the fiber optic connector is inserted into an adapter, the sliding mechanism is blocked by the adapter so that the housings and the optical fiber alignment device both are slid toward the adapter relative to the sliding mechanism and drive the shutter against an elastic force of the elastic mechanism to turn the shutter to the opened position; When the fiber optic connector is pulled out of the adapter, the elastic mechanism drives the shutter to turn it to the closed position and drives the sliding mechanism to return it to an initial position.