Optical connector and optical connector system
AssigneeFujikura Ltd.
InventorTakahito Otomitsu
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Abstract
An optical connector includes: a ferrule that has a brim part; an elastic member that presses the ferrule; a housing that houses the ferrule retractably, and the housing has a protrusion that contacts the brim part of the ferrule, which is pressed by the elastic member in which the protrusion prevents the ferrule from falling out forward; and a regulating part that regulates a rear side limiting position of the ferrule. An interval from a position of the ferrule to the rear side limiting position when the connector is connected is smaller than a retraction amount that the ferrule has retracted when the connector is connected.
Claims8
An optical connector comprising:
- a ferrule comprising a brim part and a first front end-face;
- an elastic member that presses the ferrule;
- a housing that houses the ferrule retractably and that comprises:
- a protrusion that contacts the brim part of the ferrule pressed by the elastic member and prevents the ferrule from falling out forward, and
- a second front end-face;
- and
- a regulating part that regulates a rear side limiting position of the ferrule,
- wherein, when the connector is disconnected, an interval from a position of the ferrule to the rear side limiting position is smaller than an interval from the second front end-face to the first front end-face.
An optical connector system comprising:
- two optical connectors to be connected with each other, each of the optical connector comprising:
- a ferrule comprising a brim part and a first front end-face;
- an elastic member that presses the ferrule;
- a housing that houses the ferrule retractably and that comprises:
- a protrusion that contacts the brim part of the ferrule pressed by the elastic member and prevents the ferrule from falling out forward, and
- a second front end-face;
- and
- a regulating part that regulates a rear side limiting position of the ferrule,
- wherein, when the connectors are disconnected, an interval from a position of the ferrule of one optical connector to the rear side limiting position is smaller than an interval from the second front end-face to the first front end-face of another optical connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.