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US 10,379,292 B2Granted
Optical transmission module
AssigneeKYOCERA Corporation
InventorTakahiro Matsubara
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Abstract
An optical transmission module according to the disclosure comprises a first optical transmission line, a second optical transmission line, and a ferrule. The first optical transmission line has a first end face. The second optical transmission line has a second end face opposed to the first end face of the first optical transmission line. An end of the first optical transmission line is situated inside the ferule, and the ferule has a light-transmittable intermediary portion situated between the first end face and the second end face.
Claims7
An optical transmission module, comprising:
- a first optical transmission line having a first end face;
- a second optical transmission line having a second end face opposed to the first end face of the first optical transmission line;
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- a ferrule having a recess which opens at a side surface thereof and is recessed in a light transmission direction, wherein an end of the first optical transmission line is situated inside the recess, the ferrule is entirely formed of a single light-transmittable material, and the recess includes a light-transmittable bottom portion that optically connects the first optical transmission line with the second optical transmission line,
- wherein the light-transmittable intermediary bottom portion of the recess includes:
- a first confronting face that faces the first end face and extends along the first end face, and
- a second confronting face that faces the second end face, extends along the second end face, and makes contact with the second end face.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.