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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2021
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Nippon Tsushin Denzai Co., Ltd., Komaki, JP;
Sho Yakabe, Osaka, JP;
Yuto Fujihara, Osaka, JP;
Dai Sasaki, Osaka, JP;
Motoyoshi Kimura, Komaki, JP;
Manabu Izaki, Komaki, JP;
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka, JP;
NIPPON TSUSHIN DENZAI CO., LTD., Komaki, JP;
Abstract
A ferrule includes: a tip surface; an opening portion provided on a side opposite to the tip surface in a first direction intersecting the tip surface; a plurality of fiber grooves extending along the first direction and arranged along a second direction intersecting the first direction between the tip surface and the opening portion, the plurality of fiber grooves being capable of respectively supporting a plurality of optical fibers; and a plurality of lenses respectively disposed on extension lines of the plurality of fiber grooves. The fiber groove has a first fiber groove portion for positioning the optical fiber with respect to the lens and a second fiber groove portion for introducing the optical fiber into the first fiber groove portion. The first fiber groove portion is disposed closer to the lens than the second fiber groove portion in the first direction.