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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2001
Junichi Matsushita, Shizuoka, JP;
Naoshi Serizawa, Shizuoka, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A sleeve for an optical connector and a method of manufacturing the sleeve is provided. The sleeve is put between an optical fiber and a transmitting module or between an optical fiber and a receiving module so as to optically connect the optical fiber and the transmitting or receiving module. The sleeve integrally has a light-leading path in a flat-headed conic shape, a peripheral projecting portion , an outer tube portion . A small-diameter end face of the light-leading path of the sleeve faces the transmitting device or the receiving device . The peripheral projecting portion projects from a peripheral surface of the other end portion , on a side of a larger diameter, of the light-leading path . The outer tube portion is cylindrically formed and extends from a peripheral portion of the peripheral projecting portion . The outer tube portion extends over an entire length of the light-leading path along an optical axis P.