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US 10,591,685 B2Granted
Optical Connector
AssigneeKYOCERA Corporation
InventorMichifumi Shouda
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Abstract
An optical connector includes a pressing member fitted between two holders along a sleeve. The pressing member includes two pressing portions in contact with surfaces of flanges opposite to the sleeve. The pressing portions press the two holders toward the sleeve. The pressing member has a longitudinal opening with which the pressing member is fitted to cover a joint between the two holders along the sleeve, and has, between the two pressing portions, at least one first slit extending from a position opposite to the opening toward the opening, and at least one second slit separated longitudinally from the at least one first slit and extending from a position adjacent to the opening toward a position away from the opening.
Claims19
An optical connector, comprising:
- two ferrules each having a first end, wherein each ferrule has an optical fiber with a tip of the optical fiber inserted through the first end;
- two holders each having a flange, wherein each flange is located on an outer circumferential surface of a corresponding one of the two ferrules at the first end;
- a sleeve having tubular two ends through which second ends of the two ferrules are inserted into the sleeve, wherein the sleeve causes end faces of the optical fiber of each of the two ferrules to face each other and the second ends of the ferrules to abut against each other;
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- a pressing member fitted between the two holders along the sleeve, wherein the pressing member includes:
- two pressing portions in contact with surfaces of the flanges opposite to the sleeve, the pressing portions pressing the two holders toward the sleeve,
- a longitudinal opening with which the pressing member is fitted to cover a joint between the two holders along the sleeve,
- a first number of first slits extending from a position opposite to an opening toward the opening, and
- a second number of second slits that separated longitudinally from the at least one first slit and extending from a position adjacent to the opening toward a position away from the opening,
- wherein the first slits and the second slits are located between the two pressing portions, and
- wherein at least one of the first slits and the second slits have a depth beyond a central axis of the sleeve.
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An optical connector comprising:
- two ferrules each having a first end, wherein each ferrule has an optical fiber with a tip of the optical fiber inserted through the first end;
- two holders each having a flange, wherein each flange is located on an outer circumferential surface of a corresponding one of the two ferrules at the first end;
- a sleeve having tubular two ends through which second ends of the two ferrules are inserted into the sleeve, wherein the sleeve causes end faces of the optical fiber of each of the two ferrules to face each other and the second ends of the ferrules to abut against each other;
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- a pressing member fitted between the two holders along the sleeve, wherein the pressing member includes:
- two pressing portions in contact with surfaces of the flanges opposite to the sleeve, the pressing portions pressing the two holders toward the sleeve,
- a longitudinal opening with which the pressing member is fitted to cover a joint between the two holders along the sleeve,
- a first number of first slits extending from a position opposite to an opening toward the opening, and
- a second number of second slits that separated longitudinally from the at least one first slit and extending from a position adjacent to the opening toward a position away from the opening, wherein the first number is larger than the second number
- wherein the first slits and the second slits are located between the two pressing portions.
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An optical connector comprising:
- two ferrules each having a first end, wherein each ferrule has an optical fiber with a tip of the optical fiber inserted through the first end;
- two holders each having a flange, wherein each flange is located on an outer circumferential surface of a corresponding one of the two ferrules at the first end;
- a sleeve having tubular two ends through which second ends of the two ferrules are inserted into the sleeve, wherein the sleeve causes end faces of the optical fiber of each of the two ferrules to face each other and the second ends of the ferrules to abut against each other;
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- a pressing member fitted between the two holders along the sleeve, wherein the pressing member includes:
- two pressing portions in contact with surfaces of the flanges opposite to the sleeve, the pressing portions pressing the two holders toward the sleeve,
- a longitudinal opening with which the pressing member is fitted to cover a joint between the two holders along the sleeve,
- a first number of first slits extending from a position opposite to an opening toward the opening, and
- a second number of second slits that separated longitudinally from the at least one first slit and extending from a position adjacent to the opening toward a position away from the opening, wherein the first slits and the second slits are located between the two pressing portions;
- wherein the first number is smaller than the second number.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.