US 12,248,183 B2
Optical connector and optical connection structure
Sho Yakabe, Osaka (JP); and Motoyoshi Kimura, Komaki (JP)
Assigned to SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP); and NIPPON TSUSHIN DENZAI CO., LTD., Komaki (JP)
Filed by SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP); and NIPPON TSUSHIN DENZAI CO., LTD., Komaki (JP)
Filed on Nov. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/070,588.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-198319 (JP), filed on Dec. 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0176292 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. G02B 6/38 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/3825 (2013.01) [G02B 6/3826 (2013.01); G02B 6/3869 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An optical connector comprising:
a ferrule accommodating a plurality of optical fibers lined up in a direction intersecting an optical axis direction; and
a housing covering an outer circumference of the ferrule, wherein:
an outer circumferential surface of the ferrule has a recessed part or a projecting part for positioning extending in the optical axis direction,
the housing has a slit extending in the optical axis direction at a position corresponding to the recessed part or the projecting part of the ferrule,
the outer circumferential surface of the ferrule includes a first side surface and a second side surface facing each other in an arrangement direction of the plurality of the optical fibers,
the recessed part or the projecting part includes a first recessed part or a first projecting part formed on the first side surface of the ferrule, and a second recessed part or a second projecting part formed on the second side surface,
the housing has a first side wall and a second side wall facing the first side surface and the second side surface,
the slit includes a first slit formed in the first side wall of the housing and a second slit formed in the second side wall, and
a latch arm is formed in one of the first side wall and the second side wall of the housing.