The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2020
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Japan Communication Accessories Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Komaki, JP;
Steve Cheng, Emerald Hills, CA (US);
Kenichiro Otsuka, Osaka, JP;
Motoyoshi Kimura, Komaki, JP;
Masaki Omura, Osaka, JP;
Steve Cheng, Emerald Hills, CA (US);
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka, JP;
Japan Communication Accessories Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Komaki, JP;
Other;
Abstract
An optical connector is disclosed. The optical connector includes a rear housing, an inner housing, and an outer housing. The inner housing includes a retaining hole to accommodate a ferrule. The outer housing is disposed on an outer periphery of the inner housing to cover a front portion of the inner housing. The outer housing rotates about the central axis with respect to the inner housing by a rotation guiding mechanism cooperating with an adapter for connecting the optical connector to another optical connector. The outer housing includes a front wall covering the distal end of the inner housing. The front wall includes at least one opening region. The opening region corresponds to a fiber exposed surface of the ferrule when the outer housing is rotated with respect to the inner housing from an initial position to a connected position by the rotation guiding mechanism.