US 11,789,215 B2
Optical connector and optical connecting structure
Norio Sato, Tokyo (JP); Satoshi Shigematsu, Tokyo (JP); Hiroshi Ishikawa, Tokyo (JP); Kota Shikama, Tokyo (JP); and Atsushi Aratake, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/620,553
Filed by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jun. 25, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/025123
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 17, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/261374, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0244468 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. G02B 6/38 (2006.01); G02B 6/42 (2006.01); G02B 6/02 (2006.01); G02B 6/26 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/3886 (2013.01) [G02B 6/4228 (2013.01); G02B 6/02052 (2013.01); G02B 6/262 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
7. An optical connector comprising:
a fiber having a core through which light is guided; and
a magnet surrounding and directly attached to an exterior circumference of a sidewall of the fiber at one end of the fiber, wherein the magnet has an opening that exposes an end face of the core.