Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation

Fujikura Limited

Ntt Advanced Technology Corporation

Hiroshi Aoyama

Kazuhiro Takizawa

Ryo Nagase

Hiroshi Tanaka

Daigo Saito

Terutake Kobayashi

Hiroshi Furukawa

Shinichi Iwano

Fumihiro Ashiya

Hideki Ishihara

Yasuhiko Hoshino

Mitsuo Kama

Yasou Oda

Yasuo Oda

An optical connector comprising: first and second movable membersheld on an optical connector bodyto be axially movable in a longitudinal direction; locking means for locking the first and second movable members when the first movable member is located at a predetermined locking position in a tip part of the optical connector body, and integrally moving the first and second movable members; and unlocking means formed in the optical connector body, and including a locking acting portion which acts on the locking means when the first movable member is located rearwardly of a predetermined unlocking position in a rear part of the optical connector body, to unlock the first and second movable members, and which locks the first and second movable members when the first movable member is located forwardly of the unlocking position, and a second movable member hooking portionfor inhibiting rearward movement of the second movable member after the first and second movable members are unlocked, and wherein the second movable member has a functional portion having a predetermined function, and when the second movable member is located at a predetermined position in the optical connector body, the function acts on a ferruleor an optical fiberto fulfill the function.

Optical connector

An optical connector includes a connector body that has a first optical fiber housed in advance in a ferrule so as to project from a back end of the ferrule opposite to the connecting end surface and an anchoring fixture that anchors a second optical fiber that is to be optically connected to the first optical fiber, and by pressing the anchoring fixture into the connector body while the second optical fiber is anchored in this anchoring fixture, the anchoring fixture and the connector body are connected to optically connect the first optical fiber and the second optical fiber, and the connecting portion that connects the anchoring fixture and the connector body form a movable connecting portion that is adapted to vary the direction of the anchoring fixture with respect to the connector body.

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Tusukuba, Japan

Hiroshi Aoyama