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US 2011/0217007 A1Published application
Optical connector kit
AssigneeSeikoh Giken Co., Ltd.
InventorsYasunari Kawasaki, Masayuki Jibiki
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates generally to an optical connector kit including parts constituting an optical connector. Certain embodiments relate to an optical connector kit having an optical fiber with a ferrule, a plurality of connector units, and a storage case including an upper and lower housing.
Claims5
An optical connector kit comprising:
- a ferrule with a first optical fiber made by mounting the first optical fiber into a ferrule and polishing an end surface of the first optical fiber;
- a plurality of insertion parts to be passed through a second optical fiber in advance before a rear end of the first optical fiber and a distal end of the second optical fiber are fusion-spliced, wherein the first optical fiber is shorter than the second optical fiber;
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- a storage case configured to store the ferrule with the first optical fiber and the insertion parts,
- wherein the insertion parts are arranged in a line in the order in which the insertion parts are passed through the second optical fiber,
- wherein the storage case comprises a lower housing and an upper housing in an openable and closeable manner,
- wherein optical fiber insertion ports, through which the second optical fiber is configured to be inserted from outside on one side of the lower housing to outside on the other side of the lower housing through the insertion parts, are provided in both side walls of the lower housing,
- wherein insertion part storage portions for storing the insertion parts are provided in both the lower housing portion and the upper housing portion, and
- wherein the insertion parts are stored in the insertion part storage portions, and interposed between the lower housing portion and the upper housing portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.