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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2001
Tohru Yamaguchi, Shizuoka, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An optical connector capable of reducing labor for mounting it onto a substrate member is provided. A receptacle as an optical connector is fixed to a printed circuit board . The printed circuit board has a slit . The receptacle has a housing , optical receiving/transmitting devices are accommodated in the housing , and earthing terminals . The housing has a conductive base material and an insulation film formed over a surface of the base material. The housing has an earthing terminal press-fit portion . The terminal is pressedly into the slit of the earthing terminal press-fit portion . When the earthing terminal is pressedly inserted into the earthing terminal press-fit portion , the earthing terminal removes the insulation film from the surface of the slit and is put into contact with the base material.