Multicore optical connector and method of producing the connector
US6045269A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 30, 1998 |
| Grant date | Apr 4, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 30, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/3861
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The invention relates to a small-sized multiple-core optical connector having high reliability, which can be easily assembled and manufactured. A plurality of array guide grooves (22) are arrayed and formed on a flat substrate (21). The array pitch interval of the array guide grooves is roughly coincident with the outer diameter of bare optical fibers (4a), (4b). The first optical fiber tape (6a) and the second optical fiber tape (6b) are disposed at the rear end side of the flat substrate (21) so as to overlap each other, wherein the first bare optical fibers (4a) of the first optical fiber tape (6a) and the second bare optical fibers (4b) of the second optical fiber tape (6b) are alternately array-converted and accommodated in the array guide grooves (22). The bare optical fibers (4a), (4b) are pressed from the upside of the bare optical fibers (4a),(4b) at the tip end side of the array, and they are placed and fixed in the array guide grooves. A filter insertion groove (17) is formed in the direction crossing the corresponding array guide grooves (22) at an area where the array guide grooves (22) are formed, a filter (16) is inserted into the filter insertion groove (17), and th…
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