Optical connector cable and metal member
AssigneeSumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
InventorsTaisuke Nagasaki, Toshihisa Yokochi
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Abstract
An optical connector cable comprising an optical cable, a metal member, and a resin member is disclosed. The optical cable includes an optical fiber extending in a first direction, a tensile strength body provided along the optical fiber, and a jacket surrounding the optical fiber and tensile strength body. The optical fiber and the tensile strength body extend outside from an end of the jacket. The metal member includes a winding structure around which the tensile strength body extending outside from the end of the jacket is wound. The resin member holds the metal member and an extended portion of the optical fiber extended from the end of the jacket. The winding structure of the metal member is embedded in the resin member.
Claims18
An optical connector cable comprising:
- an optical cable that includes an optical fiber extending along a first direction, a tensile strength body provided along the optical fiber, and a jacket surrounding the optical fiber and the tensile strength body, wherein the optical fiber and the tensile strength body extend outside from an end of the jacket;
- a metal member including a winding structure around which the tensile strength body extending outside from the end of the jacket is wound;
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- a resin member holding the metal member and an extended portion of the optical fiber extended from the end of the jacket,
- wherein the winding structure of the metal member is embedded in the resin member,
- wherein a wound portion of the tensile strength body is covered with a resin of the resin member to contact the wound portion with the resin member, and is molded in the resin member,
- wherein the metal member further includes a swaging structure configured to attach the metal member to the jacket, the swaging structure being embedded in the resin member,
- wherein the metal member extends between the swaging structure and the winding structure along the first direction and the tensile strength body extends from the end of the jacket along the first direction, and
- wherein the swaging structure, the winding structure, and an extended portion of the tensile strength body from the end of the jacket which includes the wound portion are embedded in the resin member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.