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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
May. 09, 2011
Yasuhiro Koike, Yokohama, JP;
Hitoshi Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyuki Muto, Yokohama, JP;
Akihito Mitsui, Yokohama, JP;
Naohiko Moriya, Yokohama, JP;
Toshitaka Torikai, Tokyo, JP;
Takayoshi Yamauchi, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiro Koike, Yokohama, JP;
Hitoshi Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyuki Muto, Yokohama, JP;
Akihito Mitsui, Yokohama, JP;
Naohiko Moriya, Yokohama, JP;
Toshitaka Torikai, Tokyo, JP;
Takayoshi Yamauchi, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Pencil Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuhiro Koike, Yokohama-shi, JP;
Abstract
In order to fix an optical fiber to a desired position in a holding member easily and tightly, provided is an optical collimator () having a plastic optical fiber () and a cylindrical holder (). The holder () is configured to hold a collimator lens () at an end and has an insertion hole () at an opposite end for inserting the plastic optical fiber (). The plastic optical fiber () is sandwiched by an inner surface of a recess () which is formed at a part of the holder () in proper alignment with the collimator lens ().