Optical connector
AssigneesJapan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited, NEC Corporation
InventorsYuichi Koreeda, Hikaru Kouta, Kaichiro Nakano, Hisaya Takahashi, Takashi Ohtsuka, Hideyuki Ono
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Abstract
An optical connector 1 is for connecting a connection object 10 to an optical module 21. A slider 3 is slidably held by a housing 2 adapted for positioning the connection object and the optical module. The housing has a first positioning portion for receiving the connection object. The slider has a first pressing portion 3a for elastically pressing the connection object in a first direction toward the first positioning portion and a second pressing portion 3e that elastically acts in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
Claims12
An optical connector for connecting a connection object to an optical module, comprising:
- a housing for positioning the connection object and the optical module;
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- a slider slidably held by the housing;
- wherein the housing comprises a first positioning portion for receiving the connection object;
- wherein the slider comprises:
- a first pressing portion for elastically pressing the connection object in a first direction toward the first positioning portion;
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- a second pressing portion that elastically presses the housing in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction;
- wherein the housing further comprises:
- a first receiving portion for receiving the optical module;
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- a second receiving portion adapted for receiving the connection object, the second receiving portion communicating with the first receiving portion in a third direction which is perpendicular to the first and second directions;
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- wherein, by inserting the connection object into the second receiving portion with the optical module being received in the first receiving portion, the connection object is contacted with the optical module in the third direction and optically connected to the optical module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.