Optical connector with improved position mechanism for holding an optical module thereof

An optical connector, comprising:

• an insulative housing having a body portion and a tongue extending forwardly, the insulative housing defining a cavity recessed from a lower side of the tongue and a plurality of slim slots behind the cavity;
• a plurality of contacts retained on the insulative housing, each contact having a contact portion forwardly extending to an upper side of the tongue;
• and
• an optical module having a base movably received in the cavity and a plurality of fibers retained on the base, each fiber having a coupling portion retained in the base and a positioning portion backwardly extending out of the base to be positioned in the slim slots.

A combo connector comprising:

• an insulative housing defining an electrical mating face in a vertical direction and an optical mating face in a front-to-back direction perpendicular to said vertical direction, and further defining a cavity behind the optical mating face in said front-to-back direction;
• a plurality of conductive contacts disposed in the housing with contacting sections exposed upon the electrical mating face;
• and
• an optical module received in the cavity and back and forth moveable relative to the housing, said optical module including a base equipped with therein a plurality of lenses exposed upon the optical mating face, and further including a plurality of fibers located behind and linked to the corresponding lenses, respectively, a rear end of each of the fibers extending rearwardly out of the housing;
• wherein
• each of said fibers defines a front section transversely snugly retained and is essentially allowed to move relative to the housing in said front-to-back direction for assuring precise alignment between the fiber and the corresponding lens while a middle section thereof extends in a curved loose manner for compromising buckling of the fiber when the base is moved to a rear position with regard to the housing during mating.