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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2006
Daigo Saito, Sakura, JP;
Kazuhiro Takizawa, Sakura, JP;
Hiroshi Furukawa, Sakura, JP;
Kenichi Nakazawa, Tsukuba, JP;
Tsunetaka Ema, Tsukuba, JP;
Kouji Shibata, Tsukuba, JP;
Daigo Saito, Sakura, JP;
Kazuhiro Takizawa, Sakura, JP;
Hiroshi Furukawa, Sakura, JP;
Kenichi Nakazawa, Tsukuba, JP;
Tsunetaka Ema, Tsukuba, JP;
Kouji Shibata, Tsukuba, JP;
Fujikura Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An optical connector includes a connector body that has a first optical fiber housed in advance in a ferrule so as to project from a back end of the ferrule opposite to the connecting end surface and an anchoring fixture that anchors a second optical fiber that is to be optically connected to the first optical fiber, and by pressing the anchoring fixture into the connector body while the second optical fiber is anchored in this anchoring fixture, the anchoring fixture and the connector body are connected to optically connect the first optical fiber and the second optical fiber, and the connecting portion that connects the anchoring fixture and the connector body form a movable connecting portion that is adapted to vary the direction of the anchoring fixture with respect to the connector body.