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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2009
Yuichi Koreeda, Tokyo, JP;
Hisaya Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Mikio Oda, Tokyo, JP;
Hideyuki Ono, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichi Koreeda, Tokyo, JP;
Hisaya Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Mikio Oda, Tokyo, JP;
Hideyuki Ono, Tokyo, JP;
Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an optical connector including a base housing, a cover housing, and a clamp fixing the cover housing to the base housing, the base housing is provided with a groove for positioning and holding an optical fiber of an optical cable, a first recessed portion continuously formed from the groove, and a second recessed portion continuously formed from the first recessed portion. The first and the second recessed portions have bottom portions different in level from each other to have a stepped portion formed therebetween. The cover housing has a first coating portion for covering the groove and a second coating portion for covering the first and the second recessed portions. The bottom portion of the second recessed portion and the second coating portion presses a coating member of the optical cable to clamp the optical cable.