IP Library Granted Patent US 9,297,963
Granted Patent B2
US 9,297,963 · App. 14/632,082 · Granted Mar 29, 2016

Optical connector ferrule

Inventors: Masaki Ohmura (Yokohama, JP); Takayuki Nakamura (Yokohama, JP); Takao Fujiki (Yokohama, JP); Tomomi Sano (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
G02B6/3885G02B6/3644G02B6/3652G02B6/3839G02B6/3865
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Patent No.
US 9,297,963
App. No.
14/632,082
Granted
Mar 29, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical connector ferrule having a front end, a rear end, an upper surface, and a lower surface includes a window opening on the upper surface, a plurality of fiber holes passing through a portion between the front end and the window along a first direction and including small diameter portions on the front end side and large diameter portions on the window side, and fiber grooves extending from the large diameter portions along the first direction and having openings in a third direction, in which the plurality of fiber holes include a first fiber hole row arranged in a second direction on a lower surface side, and a second fiber hole row arranged in the second direction on the upper surface side, and the large diameter portion in the second fiber hole row is longer than the large diameter portion in the first fiber hole row.

Claims (22)

1. An optical connector ferrule which has a front end, a rear end, an upper surface, and a lower surface, the optical connector ferrule comprising:

a window opening on the upper surface;

a plurality of fiber holes passing through a portion between the front end and the window along a first direction and each fiber hole including a small diameter portion on the front end side and a large diameter portion on the window side; and

a plurality of fiber grooves extending from each of the large diameter portions along the first direction and each fiber groove having an opening in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction,

wherein the plurality of fiber holes include

a first fiber hole row arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and the third direction on the lower surface side, and

a second fiber hole row arranged in the second direction on the upper surface side, and

the large diameter portion in the second fiber hole row is longer than the large diameter portion in the first fiber hole row.

2. The optical connector ferrule according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first fiber hole row includes the plurality of fiber holes arranged in the second direction, and

the length of the large diameter portion in the first fiber hole row is shorter toward the center side of the first fiber hole row.

3. The optical connector ferrule according to claim 2 ,

wherein the fiber holes having the same length in the large diameter portion are provided adjacent to each other in the first fiber hole row.

4. The optical connector ferrule according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second fiber hole row includes the plurality of fiber holes arranged in the second direction, and

the length of the large diameter portion in the second fiber hole row is longer toward the center side of the second fiber hole row.

5. The optical connector ferrule according to claim 4 ,

wherein the fiber holes having the same length in the large diameter portion are provided adjacent to each other in the second fiber hole row.

6. The optical connector ferrule according to claim. 1 ,

wherein a cross-sectional shape in a plane including the second direction and the third direction of the large diameter portion of the second fiber hole row is an oval having a minor axis in the second direction.

7. The optical connector ferrule according to claim 1 ,

wherein a cross-sectional shape in a plane including the second direction and the third direction of the large diameter portion of the first fiber hole row is a rectangle having plane crossing the third direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 23, 2015
From: OHMURA, MASAKI; NAKAMURA, TAKAYUKI; FUJIKI, TAKAO; SANO, TOMOMI
To: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 035230/0900 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2014-038909 · Feb 28, 2014 · national
JP 2014-039296 · Feb 28, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150247982A1 · Sep 3, 2015