Optical connector with a screw portion and method of assembling the optical connector
AssigneeFujikura Ltd.
InventorsDaigo Saito, Kazuhiro Takizawa, Serin Khee Yen Tan
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Abstract
An optical connector that is assembled onto a terminal of an optical fiber cable including tension bodies. The optical connector includes a housing, a ferrule that is provided in the housing, and a fixing cap that is mounted on the housing. The housing includes a fixing portion of which an outer peripheral surface is provided with a screw portion. While the tension bodies leading from the terminal of the optical fiber cable are interposed between the housing and the fixing cap, the fixing cap is screwed onto and fixed to the fixing portion.
Claims15
An optical connector that is assembled onto a terminal of an optical fiber cable where an optical fiber and tension bodies extending in a longitudinal direction of the optical fiber are integrated, the optical connector comprising:
- a housing;
- a ferrule that is provided in the housing;
- and
- a fixing cap that is mounted on the housing,
- wherein the housing includes a fixing portion of which an outer peripheral surface is provided with a screw portion, and
- wherein while the tension bodies leading from the terminal of the optical fiber cable are interposed between the screw portion of the housing and the fixing cap, the fixing cap is screwed onto and fixed to the fixing portion.
An optical connector that is assembled onto a terminal of an optical fiber cable where an optical fiber and tension bodies extending in a longitudinal direction of the optical fiber are integrated, the optical connector comprising:
- a fixing portion which is formed at a rear end of a connector body and of which an outer peripheral surface is provided with a screw portion,
- wherein a fixing cap is screwed and fixed to the fixing portion, and
- wherein while the tension bodies leading from the terminal of the optical fiber cable are interposed between the screw portion of the connector body and the fixing cap, the fixing cap is screwed onto and fixed to the fixing portion.
A method of assembling an optical connector onto a terminal of an optical fiber cable where an optical fiber and tension bodies extending in a longitudinal direction of the optical fiber are integrated, said method comprising:
- abutting and connecting the optical fiber exposed to the terminal of the optical fiber cable to a built-in optical fiber inserted into a ferrule that is provided in an optical connector housing, the optical connector housing comprising a fixing portion, the fixing portion having an outer peripheral surface with a screw portion;
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- screwing and fixing a fixing cap to the fixing portion, while interposing the tension bodies leading from the terminal of the optical fiber cable between the screw portion of the optical connector housing and the fixing cap, after the abutting and connecting of the optical fibers.
A method of assembling an optical connector onto a terminal of an optical fiber cable where an optical fiber and tension bodies extending in a longitudinal direction of the optical fiber are integrated, said method comprising:
- screwing and fixing a fixing cap to an optical connector fixing portion, which is formed at a rear end of a connector body and which has an outer peripheral surface provided with a screw portion, while interposing the tension bodies leading from the terminal of the optical fiber cable between the screw portion of the connector body and the fixing cap.
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