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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2000
Junichi Matsushita, Shizuoka, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A receptacle that is useful from the viewpoint of superior workability, low loss of light and low cost is provided as well as a process for producing the recepacle. An optical connector that is inexpensive and contributes to better optical communication is also provided. The receptacle has an optical element module containing lead frame having an optical element and a connector housing having a room for accommodating and placing the lead frame, into which an optical plug having ferrule-mounted optical fibers at the end thereof is plugged. The connector housing contains a socket cavity for receiving the optical plug and a cylinder being in communication with the socket cavity and the room. The optical element module contains a clad formed in the cylinder, a core forming an optical waveguide in combination with the clad, and a molded portion united with the core. The core and the molded portion are made of a light-transmitting transparent resin that is filled into the inside of the clad and the room.