Optical connector with slidable shielding door

Abstract

A plastic optical fiber connector (3) includes a housing (32) defining a cavity (35) therein for receiving a complementary optical fiber plug (4), an active device (33) embedded in a rear of the housing, and a shielding door (31) disposed at a front of the housing. The shielding door includes two parallel slots (314) defined in opposite side walls (315) thereof, and a shaft (313) extending through the slots. Opposite ends of the shaft are fixed in a front portion of the housing. When the optical fiber plug is to be inserted into the cavity of the housing, the shielding door is manually rotated outwardly and upwardly from a closed position to an open position, and then slid into the housing. Once the optical fiber plug is withdrawn from the optical fiber connector, the shielding door is manually slid outwardly, and then rotatingly returned to its original closed position.

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