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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2006
Filed:
May. 18, 2005
Yuichi Machida, Kanagawa, JP;
Hisashi Tomita, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoshi Hirayama, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichi Mizutani, Saitama, JP;
Masato Kajimoto, Chiba, JP;
Tsutomu Sampei, Ibaraki, JP;
Yuichi Machida, Kanagawa, JP;
Hisashi Tomita, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoshi Hirayama, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichi Mizutani, Saitama, JP;
Masato Kajimoto, Chiba, JP;
Tsutomu Sampei, Ibaraki, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An optical connector assembly has a plug connector having a first optical element for performing emission or receipt of light and a first lens. It also has a receptacle connector having a second optical element for performing receipt or emission of light and a second lens. The plug connector includes a convex portion having sectional configuration of round arch and the first lens, and a plug portion formed on a forward end of the convex portion. The plug portion is perpendicular to first optical axis of the first optical element and the first lens. The receptacle connector includes a concave portion into which the convex portion is inserted and a receptacle portion in a bottom of the concave portion. The receptacle portion is perpendicular to second optical axis of the second optical element and the second lens. The plug or receptacle connector has supporting mechanism that supports the connector movably.