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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 1993
Filed:
Nov. 18, 1991
Michitomo Shibutani, Tokyo, JP;
Tsuyotake Sawano, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshitaro Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Masaru Kurisaka, Tokyo, JP;
Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An optical connector comprises an optical connection adapter and an optical plug. The optical connection adapter includes a sleeve to be attached to a first circuit board. The optical plug includes an optical contact to be inserted into and removed from the sleeve, and a contact holding member to be attached to a second circuit board. A variation of the optical connector comprises an optical connection adapter and an optical socket. The optical connection adapter comprises a pipe, an optical fiber arranged in the pipe, an optical connector connected to opposite ends of the optical fiber, and a contact holding member which is inserted into the pipe to be movable along the cylindrical axis and which is for holding the optical contact. The optical socket comprises a socket housing which has an insertion hole for removably receiving the optical contact and which is to be attached to the second circuit board, and a mating optical contact which is fixed to the socket housing and which is to be brought in to contact with the optical contact through the insertion hole.