OPTICAL CONNECTOR HOUSING, OPTICAL CONNECTOR USING THE OPTICAL CONNECTOR HOUSING AND CONNECTION STRUCTURE BETWEEN OPTICAL CONNECTOR AND OPTICAL COMPONENT USING THE OPTICAL CONNECTOR HOUSING

摘要

An optical connector housing (3) having arm portions (1) extending from both end sides of the face (2) of the base end side, and a ferrule (6) is accommodated in space placed between the arm portions (1). When the claws (4) at the tip ends of the respective arm portions are engaged in a recess (14) of an optical module (11), an optical connector (10) can be connected to an optical module (11). A surface (9) of an angle widening drive cam is provided on the inner walls of the arm portions (1) extending from a position at the rear end face (18) of the ferrule (6) to the base end side of the optical connector housing (3). When the ferrule (6) is drawn to the face (2) side of the base end side, the rear end face (18) of the ferrule (6) moves along the surface (9) of the angle widening drive cam to cause the arm portions (1) to be widened, whereby the claws (4) are disengaged from the recess (14) and the optical connector (10) can be disconnected from the optical module (11). Highly integrated mounting of optical connectors can be achieved without the use of any connecting tool, by which the optical connectors can be detachably connected to optical components being objects to be connected.