# US 2025/0093596 A1 · Optoelectrical connector > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2025/0093596 A1 - Document ID: US20250093596A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/830,967 - Filed: 2024-09-11 - Published: 2025-03-20 - Earliest claimed: 2023-09-15 - Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. - Applicants: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. - Inventors: Yasunori ASANO; Takeshi INOUE - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250093596A1 ## CPC - G02B 6/3817: {containing optical and electrical conductors (cables including electrical and optical conductors H01B11/22; G02B6/3816 takes precedence)} - G02B 6/3878: {comprising a plurality of ferrules, branching and break-out means} - G02B 6/3885: {Multicore or multichannel optical connectors, i.e. one single ferrule containing more than one fibre, e.g. ribbon type (optical ribbon cable G02B6/4403, G02B6/448)} - G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS ## Abstract An optoelectrical connector includes a plurality of electrical wires each extending along a first direction, a plurality of optical fibers each extending along the first direction, a housing configured to house the plurality of electrical wires and the plurality of optical fibers, and a pressing part configured to be pressable against at least one of each leading end of the plurality of electrical wires or each leading end of the plurality of optical fibers along the first direction. Each leading end of the plurality of electrical wires and each leading end of the plurality of optical fibers are exposed at an end face of the housing. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An optoelectrical connector comprising: a plurality of electrical wires each extending along a first direction; a plurality of optical fibers each extending along the first direction; a housing including a plurality of electrical wire housing parts respectively housing the plurality of electrical wires, and a plurality of optical fiber housing parts respectively housing the plurality of optical fibers; and a pressing part configured to be pressable against at least one of the plurality of electrical wires or the plurality of optical fibers along the first direction, wherein each leading end of the plurality of electrical wires and each leading end of the plurality of optical fibers are exposed at an end face of the housing. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The optoelectrical connector according to claim 1, wherein the pressing part is configured to be pressable against at least one of each leading end of the plurality of electrical wires or each leading end of the plurality of optical fibers along the first direction so that a magnitude of a resistive force applied to each leading end of the plurality of electrical wires from a mating connector and a magnitude of a resistive force applied to each leading end of the plurality of optical fibers from the mating connector approximate each other. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The optoelectrical connector according to claim 1, wherein each leading end of the plurality of optical fibers is included in at least one optical fiber array extending along a second direction intersecting the first direction at the end face of the housing, and wherein each leading end of the plurality of electrical wires is included in a plurality of signal line arrays extending along the second direction and being adjacent to each other in a third direction intersecting the second direction at the end face of the housing. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The optoelectrical connector according to claim 1, wherein the pressing part further includes a first pressing part configured to be pressable against each leading end of the plurality of electrical wires toward a mating connector along the first direction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The optoelectrical connector according to claim 4, wherein the pressing part further includes a second pressing part configured to be pressable against each leading end of the plurality of optical fibers toward the mating connector along the first direction. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The optoelectrical connector according to claim 5, wherein a magnitude of a force with which the first pressing part presses each leading end of the plurality of electrical wires is different from a magnitude of a force with which the second pressing part presses each leading end of the plurality of optical fibers. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The optoelectrical connector according to claim 6, wherein the magnitude of the force with which the first pressing part presses each leading end of the plurality of electrical wires is greater than the magnitude of the force with which the second pressing part presses each leading end of the plurality of optical fibers. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The optoelectrical connector according to claim 5, wherein the first pressing part and the second pressing part are elastic bodies. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The optoelectrical connector according to claim 8, wherein the pressing part includes the first pressing part provided at each of the leading ends of the plurality of electrical wires and the second pressing part provided at each of the leading ends of the plurality of optical fibers, and a spring constant of the first pressing part is different from a spring constant of the second pressing part. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The optoelectrical connector according to claim 1, wherein a position of each leading end of the plurality of electrical wires in the first direction and a position of each leading end of the plurality of optical fibers in the first direction are different from each other. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The optoelectrical connector according to claim 1, wherein the housing further includes a first sub-connector provided with the plurality of electrical wire housing parts and a second sub-connector provided with the plurality of optical fiber housing parts. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The optoelectrical connector according to claim 1, further comprising at least one guide hole configured to allow insertion of a guide pin to position the housing, wherein at least one of the plurality of electrical wire housing parts or the plurality of optical fiber housing parts is a plurality of through-holes each of which extends along the first direction and penetrates the housing. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The optoelectrical connector according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of electrical wires includes a plurality of electrical wires of a flexible flat cable.