Patent · US Expired

Optical connector

US6945705B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED · JP

Inventors

Jun Takeda · Yokohama, JP
Yuichi Koreeda · Tokyo, JP

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 22, 2003
Grant date	Sep 20, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 22, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/3846
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An optical connector includes a housing including a coupling portion for coupling another optical connector and a blocking component for blocking an optical axis arranged in the coupling portion. The blocking component has a shutter plate blocking the optical axis and being pivotably supported by the housing with a pivot shaft and an elastic portion for normally biasing the shutter plate to a closed position. The shutter plate pivots between a position blocking the optical axis and a position to which the shutter plate is forced to move by the other optical connector when the other optical connector is inserted into the optical connector.

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