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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:
Feb. 23, 1988
Filed:
Mar. 18, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350 9621 ; 350 9620 ;
Abstract
An optical connector for joining ends of optical fibers, including an adapter formed with at least one claw and a plug coupled detachably with the adapter. The plug includes an insertion guide to be inserted into the adapter, an ejector and an urging member for urging the ejector in an axial insertion direction, while the insertion guide is formed, on its outer periphery, with a projection and a recess such that the claw is caused to ride over the projection into engagement with the recess at the time of coupling of the plug with the adapter.