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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2006
Applicants:
Kunihiko Fujiwara, Sakura, JP;
Tatsuya Ohta, Sakura, JP;
Seiji Katoh, Sakura, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Fujikura Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A multifiber optical connector is provided comprising: a ferrule including a junction-end-face and a plurality of optical-fiber-insertion holes which open in the junction-end-face; openings of the optical-fiber-insertion holes arranged on the junction-end-face in a line or row or in plural parallel lines or rows; and optical fibers received in the optical-fiber-insertion holes such that they protrude from the junction-end-face. The lengths of optical fibers disposed on both side portions of the junction-end-face are greater than the lengths of optical fibers disposed on a central portion of the junction-end-face.