Optical connector which can be assembled without using screw parts
AssigneeJapan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
InventorsJun Takeda, Yuichi Koreeda
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Abstract
In an optical connector, a holding member is coupled to a ferrule and attached to a housing. The ferrule has a flange portion brought into contact with the contact surface. The ferrule is adapted to receive an optical fiber. The housing has a contact surface and an engaging surface faced inward with respect to each other in an optical axis direction. The holding member includes a cylindrical main body for receiving the ferrule inserted therein, a first engaging portion connected to the main body and engaged with the engaging surface, and a second engaging portion connected to the main body and engaged with the flange portion, the second engaging portion being elastically deformable.
Claims10
An optical connector comprising:
- a housing having a contact surface and an engaging surface faced inward with respect to each other in an optical axis direction;
- a ferrule having a flange portion brought into contact with the contact surface, the ferrule being adapted to receive an optical fiber;
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- a holding member coupled to the ferrule and attached to the housing,
- the holding member comprising:
- a cylindrical main body for receiving the ferrule inserted therein;
- a first engaging portion connected to the main body and engaged with the engaging surface;
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- a second engaging portion connected to the main body and engaged with the flange portion, the second engaging portion being elastically deformable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.