Optical connector
AssigneeFujikura Ltd.
InventorsKoji Sumida, Kazuhiro Takizawa, Daigo Saito
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Abstract
An optical connector of the present invention includes a ferrule to which an internal optical fiber is embedded and an end face grinding is performed; and a connection mechanism which extends to an opposite side of a connection end face of the ferrule, wherein the optical connector butt connects the internal optical fiber and an insert optical fiber which is inserted from outside within a positioning groove provided at the connection mechanism; and a back end side of an end face of the internal optical fiber which butts to the insert optical fiber is made a beveled end face by cutting process.
Claims6
An optical connector comprising:
- a ferrule to which an internal optical fiber is embedded and an end face grinding is performed;
- and
- a connection mechanism which extends to an opposite side of a connection end face of the ferrule,
- wherein the optical connector butt connects the internal optical fiber and an insert optical fiber which is inserted from the outside within a positioning groove provided at the connection mechanism;
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- wherein a back end side of an end face of the internal optical fiber which butts to the insert optical fiber is made a beveled end face by a cutting process, a resin film with optical transparency and elasticity is formed at the beveled end face of the internal optical fiber, and the internal optical fiber and the insert optical fiber are butt connected with the resin film interposed therebetween.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.