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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2022
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is an optical connector cable including a plurality of optical fibers, a lens module, and an adhesive portion. Each of the plurality of optical fibers extends in a first direction. The lens module includes a placement structure configured to place the plurality of optical fibers thereon in order in a second direction intersecting the first direction and a plurality of lenses optically coupled to tip ends of the plurality of optical fibers. The adhesive portion fixes the plurality of optical fibers to the placement structure with an adhesive. The adhesive portion includes a first adhesive portion located near the tip ends of the plurality of optical fibers and a second adhesive portion located behind the first adhesive portion in the first direction. The second adhesive portion has a Young's modulus higher than that of the first adhesive portion.