| US 7,556,441 B2 | ||
| Optical connector and process for connecting optical fibers | ||
| Hideto Furuyama, Yokohama (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Nov. 21, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/943,993. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2006-314042 (JP), filed on Nov. 21, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0118205 A1, May 22, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. G02B 6/255 (2006.01); G02B 6/245 (2006.01); G02B 6/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 385—95 [385/137] | 16 Claims |
| 1. An optical connector configured to connect a pair of coated optical fibers, each of which comprises an exposed leading
end of optical fiber, comprising:
a connector body including:
a fine hole portion for housing and mutually butting the exposed leading ends of the pair of coated optical fibers,
a first receiving portion and a second receiving portion, which are disposed at both outer sides in the axial direction of
the fine hole portion, for housing the coated optical fibers without pressing the coating,
a holding portion including a protrusion protruding from a surface of at least one of the first and second receiving portions,
the protrusion being narrower than an outer diameter of a coating of at least one of the optical fibers, which is disposed
at an outer side in the axial direction of the fine hole portion and at a side of the first receiving portion against the
fine hole portion, configured to house one of the coated optical fibers and holding the coated optical fiber by mechanically
pressing the coating at the protrusion, and
an adhesive injection port for injecting an adhesive from the exterior into the first and second receiving portions, which
is disposed at the first receiving portion between the fine hole portion and the holding portion.
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