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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2008
Kenichiro Ohtsuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Hamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaki Ohmura, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsuaki Tamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsuru Kihara, Tokyo, JP;
Ryo Koyama, Tokyo, JP;
Hitoshi Son, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichiro Ohtsuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Masahiro Hamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaki Ohmura, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsuaki Tamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsuru Kihara, Tokyo, JP;
Ryo Koyama, Tokyo, JP;
Hitoshi Son, Tokyo, JP;
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An optical connector in which works of attaching an incorporated optical fiber to a ferrule, removing a coating of the tip end side of a coated optical fiber, and attaching an optical connector to the coated optical fiber can be made more efficient, and the transmission characteristics can be prevented from being lowered in the optical connector, and a method of attaching the optical connector to a coated optical fiber are provided. An optical connectorincludes: a ferruleinto which a glass fiberthat is obtained by peeling a coatingof a coated optical fiberis to be inserted; a fixing portionwhich fixes the coated optical fiberinserted into the ferrule; and a coating-removing portionwhich removes the coatingfrom an end portion of the coated optical fiber, by means of a force of inserting the coated optical fiberinto the optical connector