Optical connector
AssigneeFujikura Ltd.
InventorRyoichi Mitobe
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Abstract
An optical connector that connects to an adapter includes a ferrule that has a fiber hole into which an optical fiber is inserted, a housing that accommodates at least a part of the ferrule, an outer coupling that surrounds the housing and slides with respect to the housing, an inner coupling that moves with respect to the outer coupling within a predetermined range, and a biasing unit that biases the inner coupling toward a front side with respect to the outer coupling. The inner coupling moves toward a rear side with respect to the outer coupling by coming into contact with the adapter and then is displaced toward the front side by a biasing force of the biasing unit.
Claims6
An optical connector that connects to an adapter, the optical connector comprising:
- a ferrule that has a fiber hole into which an optical fiber is inserted;
- a housing that accommodates at least a part of the ferrule;
- an outer coupling that surrounds the housing and slides with respect to the housing;
- an inner coupling that moves with respect to the outer coupling within a predetermined range;
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- a biasing unit that biases the inner coupling toward a front side with respect to the outer coupling,
- wherein the inner coupling moves toward a rear side with respect to the outer coupling by coming into contact with the adapter, and then is displaced toward the front side by a biasing force of the biasing unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.