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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2002
Kunihiko Fujiwara, Sakura, JP;
Yukio Hayashi, Sakura, JP;
Yoshikazu Nomura, Sakura, JP;
Hiroshi Yokosuka, Sakura, JP;
Masaaki Takaya, Mito, JP;
Shinji Nagasawa, Mito, JP;
Abstract
An optical connector that provides a housing body and a fixed part that are installed so as to hold a backplane , and connects an optical connector plug inserted into said housing body via an installation hole in said backplane and another optical connector plug inserted into said housing body from the direction opposite to that of said optical connector plug , wherein flexible claws projecting from both sides of said fixed part engage said housing body via said installation hole in said backplane , and thereby said backplane is held between said housing body and said fixed part . Simply by adjusting the floating range (amount of floating) of the flexible claws within said installation hole the floating range (amount of floating) of the housing body can be reliably set. Thereby, when the housing body engages the printed board housing, the dimensional error is offset reliably by the floating of the housing body , and the engagement is carried out smoothly. A special order part for setting the floating range of the housing body is not necessary, and thus a lower cost is possible and assembly can be carried out easily. In addition, a structure can also be used wherein the flexible claws projecting from the housing body side engage the backplane by passing through the installation hole, and the backplane is held between the bearing walls on the side of the housing body.