Connectored cable and method for manufacturing connectored cable
AssigneeFujikura Ltd.
InventorsMasao MORI, Koji AZEGAMI, Shinya ABE
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Abstract
A connectored cable including a cable having an optical fiber for transmitting an optical signal; and a connector that accommodates a substrate on which a photoelectric conversion portion that is optically coupled to an end face of the optical fiber is installed, and in which the optical fiber is wired so that at least three bent portions are formed, the orientation of the optical fiber in a front-rear direction being changed, the optical fiber being bent into a U shape at each of the bent portions, and so that one of two bent portions on a front side is located on a down side of the substrate and the other bent portion on the front side is located on an up side of the substrate.
Claims12
A connectored cable comprising:
- a cable having an optical fiber and a signal line;
- and
- a connector that accommodates a substrate including a through hole for connecting an end portion of the signal line by through-hole connection,
- in a case that a direction in which the cable extends out from the connector is referred to as a front-rear direction, inside the connector, a bent portion is formed by the optical fiber being bent into a U shape by changing the orientation of the optical fiber in the front-rear direction, and the bent portion is located above a coating of the signal line connected to the substrate by through-hole connection.
A method for manufacturing a connectored cable including a cable having an optical fiber and a signal line, and a connector that accommodates a substrate including a through hole for connecting an end portion of the signal line by through-hole connection, the method comprising:
- preparing the cable;
- connecting the end portion of the signal line to the through hole of the substrate by through-hole connection;
- and
- in a case that a direction in which the cable extends out from the connector is referred to as a front-rear direction, wiring the optical fiber so that a bent portion is formed by the optical fiber being bent into a U shape by changing the orientation of the optical fiber in the front-rear direction, and so that the bent portion is arranged above a coating of the signal line connected to the substrate by through-hole connection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.