Appeal No. 2006-2169 Page 2
Application No. 09/899,919
open end of the slit. When the stopper is inserted into the bore, each blade portion
penetrates a sheath 92 of the cord. (Id. at 25.1)
A further understanding of the invention can be achieved by reading the following
claims.
1. An optical connector comprising:
a housing having a cord receiving hole portion and a mounting hole,
the cord receiving hole portion receiving an optical fiber cord to be
inserted along an axis of said optical fiber cord in a cord insertion
direction, the mounting hole disposed along said cord receiving hole
portion; and
a stopper including a plate-like portion having a positioning slit
between blade portions, the positioning slit having a width slightly smaller
than a diameter of said optical fiber cord, each of the blade portions being
formed by a side edge of said positioning slit joined at a right angle to a
distal end edge of said plate-like portion; wherein
said plate-like portion of said stopper can be inserted into said
mounting hole along said cord receiving hole portion in a stopper insertion
direction perpendicular to the cord insertion direction of said optical fiber
cord;
said housing has stopper retaining portions for holding said plate-
like portion of said stopper, said stopper retaining portions engaging a
retaining side of said plate-like portion and having a cross-section
perpendicular to the cord insertion direction of said optical fiber cord; and
1 The lack of line numbers in the appellant's specification impedes us from more precise citations thereto.
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