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Optical connector

US9025917B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 27, 2012
Grant dateMay 5, 2015
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Expiry dateMar 16, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/327
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An optical connector includes: a holding member that holds an optical transmission line; a lens member that has a lens; a concavo-convex structure provided between the holding member and the lens member; and a moving member that moves the concavo-convex structure between a first state where a protrusion and a recess of the concavo-convex structure are engaged with each other and a second state where a gap is formed between the protrusion and the recess.

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