Optical fiber connecting element and molding apparatus and method for producing the same
AssigneeFujitsu Limited
InventorMichihiro TAKAMATSU
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Abstract
A method for producing an optical fiber connecting element including a main body having an optical fiber insertion hole and a guide pin insertion hole, the method includes: molding by feeding a material of the optical fiber connecting element with a pin holder having a pin for forming the optical fiber insertion hole and a pin for forming the guide pin insertion hole placed in a certain position of a mold having a cavity having a shape corresponding to a shape in which light exits of the main bodies of a pair of the optical fiber connecting elements face each other, filling the cavity with the material, and then opening the mold; and producing a pair of the optical fiber connecting elements by cutting a molded body formed by the molding.
Claims6
A method for producing an optical fiber connecting element including a main body having an optical fiber insertion hole through which an optical fiber is inserted and a guide pin insertion hole through which a guide pin is inserted, the method comprising:
- molding by feeding a material of the optical fiber connecting element with a pin holder having a pin for forming the optical fiber insertion hole and a pin for forming the guide pin insertion hole placed in a certain position of a mold having a cavity with a shape corresponding to a shape in which light exits of the main bodies of a pair of the optical fiber connecting elements face each other, filling the cavity with the material, and then opening the mold;
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- producing a pair of the optical fiber connecting elements by cutting a molded body formed by the molding.
A molding apparatus for producing an optical fiber connecting element including a main body having an optical fiber insertion hole through which an optical fiber is inserted and a guide pin insertion hole through which a guide pin is inserted, the apparatus comprising:
- a mold having a cavity with a shape corresponding to a shape in which light exits of the main bodies of a pair of the optical fiber connecting elements face each other;
- a pin holder having a pin for forming the optical fiber insertion hole of the pair of the optical fiber connecting elements and a pin for forming the guide pin insertion hole;
- a molding unit that feeds a material of the optical fiber connecting element in a state where the pin holder is placed in a certain position of the mold, fills the cavity with the material, and opens the mold to perform molding.
An optical fiber connecting element including a main body having an optical fiber insertion hole through which an optical fiber is inserted and a guide pin insertion hole through which a guide pin is inserted, the element produced by a method comprising:
- preparing a mold having a cavity with a shape corresponding to a shape in which light exits of the main bodies of a pair of the optical fiber connecting elements face each other;
- preparing a pin holder having a pin for forming the optical fiber insertion hole and a pin for forming the guide pin insertion hole;
- feeding a material of the optical fiber connecting element in a state where the pin holder is placed in a certain position of the mold, and filling the cavity with the material;
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- opening the mold to perform molding.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.