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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2003
Applicant:
Inventor:
Takashi Endo, Shizuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/36 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/36 ;
Abstract
A ferrule for a connector of an optical fiber, which can be joined in short time with the optical fiber and can position the optical fiber securely, and a method of welding the ferrule and the optical fiber are provided. Projections for contacting with a surface of an optical fiber are disposed, preferably at equal intervals, along a circumferential direction of an inner wall of a through hole of a ferrule . By inserting the optical fiber into the ferrule , and by heating and melting the projections and an inner cover of the optical fiber by ultrasonic vibration, the optical fiber and the ferrule are joined together.