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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2021
Sumitomo Electric Optifrontier Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Takahiro Inaba, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshikyo Tamekuni, Kanagawa, JP;
Daizo Nishioka, Osaka, JP;
Yoshihiro Takeyama, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsumasa Seita, Komaki, JP;
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC OPTIFRONTIER CO., LTD., Yokohama, JP;
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An optical connector including a housing body having a ferrule, an outer housing, a latch, and a tab is disclosed. The latch extends from a proximal end toward a front end of the optical connector and includes an engaging part at a distal end. The tab is placed on an outer side of the latch, movable with respect to the outer housing, and pushes down the engaging part toward the housing body according to movement of the tab. The distal end of the latch floats to space apart from the housing body. A first protrusion is disposed on an inner side of the tab. The optical connector is configured to contact an inner side of the latch with the first protrusion to push down the engaging part toward the housing body with the first protrusion as a fulcrum when the engaging part is engaged with the external device.