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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2022
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Sumitomo Electric Optifrontier Co., Ltd., Yokohama, JP;
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka, JP;
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC OPTIFRONTIER CO., LTD., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
An optical connector of one embodiment includes an optical fiber, a ferrule assembly, and a housing provided with a positioning part on an inner wall surface for suppressing a fluctuation in an aligning state of the optical fiber with respect to the housing. The positioning part includes an inclined surface and a facing surface which contact a part of the ferrule assembly. The ferrule assembly includes a ferrule, and a sleeve member. The sleeve member is constituted by a sleeve and a flange which has edges contacting the inclined surface and the facing surface respectively. Of an outer peripheral portion of the flange, a portion including the edges facing at least one of the inclined surface and the facing surface includes a set including a deformation absorbing part and two contact portions disposed on both sides of the deformation absorbing part.