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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2011
Mitsuaki Tamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Osamu Shimakawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsuaki Tamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Osamu Shimakawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
There is provided an optical connector module in which an adhesive is interposed between a lens and a distal surface of an optical fiber, wherein the module includes a transparent positioning device and an optical fiber fixed in the positioning device. The positioning device has a lens provided to an end surface, a concave insertion portion into which the optical fiber is inserted and which is disposed so that the bottom surface in contact with the distal surface of the optical fiber is positioned opposite the lens, and a debris receiving portion that extends from the bottom surface in a radial direction of the optical fiber and has a surface continuous with the bottom surface.