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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2016
Toto Ltd., Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka, JP;
Sho Kondo, Fukuoka-ken, JP;
Hirotsugu Agatsuma, Fukuoka-ken, JP;
Satoshi Hakozaki, Fukuoka-ken, JP;
Satoshi Kaneyuki, Fukuoka-ken, JP;
Toto Ltd., Fukuoka, JP;
Abstract
An optical receptacle including: a fiber stub having a ferrule containing an optical fiber conducting light; a holder holding the fiber stub; and a sleeve. The ends of the sleeve respectively holding a tip of the fiber stub and a plug ferrule inserted into the optical receptacle. The ferrule includes a foreign matter movement suppressor in an end surface thereof which is polished into a convex spherical configuration on a side to be connected to the plug ferrule, and which suppresses movement of foreign matter moving, due to inserting and removing the plug ferrule, from an outer circumferential portion of the ferrule toward a central portion of the end surface.