Optoelectrical connector

An optoelectrical connector, comprising:

• a plug configured to include an insertion fitting part;
• and
• a receptacle configured to include a housing space into which the insertion fitting part of the plug is inserted;
• wherein
• the plug includes an optical connection part on a front end of the insertion fitting part and an electric connection part positioned more rearward than the optical connection part,
• the receptacle includes:
• an optical connection part on a deep side of the housing space and an electric connection part positioned more frontward than the optical connection part,
• an insulation body that is composed of a base body and a tongue piece that is protruded and extended from the base body,
• a shell that surrounds the insulation body so as to form the housing space on a part in which the tongue piece is positioned,
• terminals that are disposed on one plate surface of the tongue piece so as to constitute the electric connection part,
• an optical member that is attached to ends of optical fibers and is inserted and fixed in a housing hole that is formed on the one plate surface side on the base body so as to constitute the optical connection part,
• a slider that is disposed on an outside of the shell, is composed of a coupling part, the coupling part being disposed along a bottom surface of the shell, and a pair of leg parts, the leg parts being bent and extended from the coupling part and being disposed respectively along both lateral surfaces of the shell, and is set to be slidable in an insertion direction of the insertion fitting part by being guided by slits, the slits being formed on the both lateral surfaces, in a manner that parts of ends of the leg parts are bent mutually inward and inserted through the slits,
• a spring that energizes the slider in a direction opposite to the insertion direction, and
• a rotating member that is disposed on the outside of the shell, is composed of a plate part, the plate part being disposed along the upper surface of the shell, and a pair of arm parts, the arm parts being bent and extended from the plate part and are disposed respectively along the both lateral surfaces of the shell, and is set to be rotatable in a manner that ends of the arm parts are pivotally supported respectively on the both lateral surfaces,
• cams that include a horizontal surface, the horizontal surface being parallel to the insertion direction, and a slanted surface are formed on other parts, the other parts being positioned more rearward than the parts of the leg parts,
• follower parts corresponding to the cams are formed on the arm parts, and
• a shutter is provided on an immediate front of the optical connection part of the receptacle, is formed from the plate part of the rotating member and is disposed on a front surface of the optical member through a window that is formed on the upper surface of the shell,
• the shutter is configured to open when the optical connection part of the plug and the optical connection part of the receptacle are optically connected with each other, and
• after the electric connection part of the plug and the electric connection part of the receptacle are electrically connected with each other by the insertion of the insertion fitting part to the housing space, the ends of the leg parts, the ends of the leg parts being respectively inserted through the slits, are pushed by the front end of the insertion fitting part, so that the slider slides back, and along with the slide back of the slider, the follower parts move along the slanted surface and the horizontal surface of the cams, thus rotating the rotating member and opening the shutter.