Connector component
AssigneeSumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
InventorsWataru Sakurai, Mitsuaki Tamura
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Abstract
A connector component is provided as one compatible with conductor coupling and fiber coupling. A receptacle 1 is a connector component to be coupled to a USB connector 3 incorporating a plurality of conductor wires, and a ferrule 4 holding distal ends of optical fibers, and is provided with connections 18 to be connected to the plurality of conductor wires, a light emitting device 23 to emit light toward the ferrule 4, and a light receiving device 24 to receive light emitted from the ferrule 4.
Claims17
A connector component to be coupled to a connector incorporating a plurality of conductor wires, and a ferrule holding distal ends of optical fibers, the connector component comprising:
- connections to be connected to the plurality of conductor wires;
- a light emitting device to emit light toward the ferrule;
- a light receiving device to receive light emitted from the ferrule;
- a substrate on which the light emitting device and the light receiving device are mounted;
- and
- a member connecting the substrate and a mounting substrate,
- wherein the member extends in a vertical direction with respect to an optical axis of an optical coupling of the connector,
- wherein the plurality of conductor wires are connected by conductor coupling to the connections, and the optical fibers are connected by optical coupling to the light emitting device and the light receiving device, and
- wherein the substrate is connected to the mounting substrate along a perpendicular direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.