# US 12,601,880 B2 · Optical connector > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,601,880 B2 - Document ID: US12601880B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/144,201 - Filed: 2023-05-07 - Published: 2023-11-09 - Granted: 2026-04-14 - Earliest claimed: 2022-05-09 - Assignees: Acsuper Technologies Inc. - Applicants: Chung-Ming Tseng - Inventors: Chung-Ming Tseng - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12601880B2 ## CPC - G02B 6/38875: {Protection from bending or twisting} - G02B 6/3878: {comprising a plurality of ferrules, branching and break-out means} - G02B 6/3888: {Protection from over-extension or over-compression} - G02B 6/3893: {Push-pull type, e.g. snap-in, push-on} - G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS ## Abstract The present invention provides an optical connector, comprising: a connector module, having a housing, a terminal module, and at least one first buckle portion, the housing having a first side and a second side opposite to the first side in a first axis, the first side having a first opening, a terminal of the terminal module protruding out of the first opening, the terminal module having a communication wire; and a boot structure, configured for coating the communication wire, wherein the boot structure has at least one second buckle structure corresponding to a side of the terminal module, and the at least one second buckle structure is buckled with at least one first buckle structure. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An optical connector, comprising: a connector module, having a housing and a terminal module, the housing having a first side and a second side opposite to the first side in a first axis, the first side having a first opening, a terminal of the terminal module protruding out of the first opening, the terminal module having a communication wire, wherein the connector module has at least one first buckle portion, and a boot structure, configured for coating the communication wire, wherein the boot structure has at least one second buckle portion corresponding to a side of the terminal module, and the at least one second buckle portion is buckled with the at least one first buckle portion, wherein the housing has a third side and a forth side opposite to the third side in a third axis vertical to the first axis, a sliding groove structure is disposed on the third side and extended towards the boot structure, and a first guiding structure is formed on two walls within the sliding groove structure. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The optical connector of claim 1, wherein the housing has at least one first buckle portion, and the at least one first buckle portion and the second buckle portion are combined by a first action force, the at least one first buckle portion and the second buckle portion are separated by a second action force, and the second action force is greater than the first action force. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The optical connector of claim 1, wherein the terminal module has a terminal base, material hardness of the terminal base is greater than that of the boot structure, and the terminal base has the at least one first buckle portion, which is buckled with the second buckle portion of the boot structure. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The optical connector of claim 3, wherein the terminal module comprises: a terminal; and a terminal base, connected to the terminal, a sleeve structure protrudes out of the second side of the terminal base to allow the communication cable to pass through, and the sleeve structure has the at least one first buckle portion. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The optical connector of claim 4, wherein the second buckle portion comprises: a bracket, connected to the boot structure; a pressing plate, connected to a side of the bracket; and a buckle structure, connected to the bracket and the pressing plate, wherein the buckle structure performs lever movement around the bracket by applying a force to the pressing plate, thereby releasing the first buckle portion. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The optical connector of claim 1, comprising a sliding sleeve, which is slidably disposed on the sliding groove structure, wherein the sliding sleeve has a plurality of second guiding structures slidably connected to the first guiding structure. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The optical connector of claim 6, comprising an elastic buckle, which is disposed between the sliding groove structure and the sliding sleeve, wherein the elastic buckle has a buckle portion protruding out of an opening of the sliding sleeve. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The optical connector of claim 7, wherein the elastic buckle has an elastic arm, a free end of the elastic arm has a leaning portion, which is buckled into the sliding sleeve. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The optical connector of claim 7, wherein the elastic buckle has a third guiding structure, which is slidably disposed on the second guiding structure. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The optical connector of claim 1, wherein the housing has a pair of side surfaces in a second axial direction, each side surface has at least one first positioning structure, and the terminal module has at least one second positioning structure engaged with the corresponding first positioning structure.