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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2022
Filed:
May. 21, 2019
Japan Communication Accessories Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Komaki, JP;
Sumitomo Electric Optifrontier Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Yusuke Takai, Komaki, JP;
Tsutomu Kamada, Yokohama, JP;
Motoyoshi Kimura, Komaki, JP;
Fumiya Uehara, Osaka, JP;
Masaki Omura, Osaka, JP;
JAPAN COMMUNICATION ACCESSORIES MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., Komaki, JP;
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC OPTIFRONTIER CO., LTD., Yokohama, JP;
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An elastic member according to an embodiment is an elastic member that biases a ferrule retaining a plurality of optical fibers in a connecting direction. The elastic member is stored in an inner housing that accommodates the ferrule, the elastic member has a space in its inside into which a 16-fiber tape fiber is inserted, and the elastic member is in a noncircular shape in a cross section intersecting with the connecting direction. The elastic member includes a pair of first portions having an outer surface opposite to a pair of inner surfaces in an arc shape of the housing, the inner surfaces being opposite to each other along a first direction intersecting with the connecting direction and a pair of second portions opposite to the tape fiber along a second direction intersecting with both of the connecting direction and the first direction.