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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2018
Applicant:
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Sho Yakabe, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/38 (2006.01); G02B 6/30 (2006.01); G02B 6/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/3882 (2013.01); G02B 6/30 (2013.01); G02B 6/3826 (2013.01); G02B 6/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for manufacturing an optical connector includes a ferrule configured to retain a plurality of optical fibers and the steps of: exposing tip end faces of the plurality of optical fibers to an end face of the ferrule to fix the plurality of optical fibers to the ferrule; polishing the end face together with the tip end faces; positioning an adhesive film containing a material different from the material of the ferrule to the end face in a layered film having a plurality of films; and welding, to the ferrule, a spacer film containing a material the same as the material of the ferrule in the layered film.