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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:
Jan. 14, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kazuhiro Asada, Nagoya, JP;
Yuji Nakura, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/38 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/38 ;
Abstract
An optical connector is provided for connecting an optical fiber cord to a photoelectric conversion device or for connecting optical fiber cords together. The connector has a housing body including a tubular ferrule portion for receiving and holding an end of an optical fiber cord. A protective hood is formed integrally with the housing body and is disposed around the ferrule portion, extending beyond the terminal end of the ferrule portion. Optionally, the connector is adapted to be connected to a mating optical connector which contains a photoelectric conversion device.