US 12,248,186 B2
Optical connector jig, optical connector connection method, and optical connector disconnection method
Takuro Watanabe, Osaka (JP); Dai Sasaki, Osaka (JP); Hajime Arao, Osaka (JP); Tetsuya Nakanishi, Osaka (JP); and Hong Chuyen Nguyen, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/925,717
Filed by SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Apr. 6, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/014653
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 16, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/241013, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-091211 (JP), filed on May 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0341636 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. G02B 6/38 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/3898 (2013.01) [G02B 6/3879 (2013.01); G02B 6/3885 (2013.01); G02B 6/3888 (2021.05); G02B 6/3883 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An optical connector jig for connecting a second optical connector to which a tip end portion of at least one second optical cable is attached to a first optical connector which is disposed on a main surface of a board and to which a tip end portion of at least one first optical cable is attached, or disconnecting the second optical connector connected to the first optical connector from the first optical connector, the optical connector jig comprising:
a first housing including a positioning portion configured to determine a position of the optical connector jig with respect to the first optical connector in cooperation with a member indicating a position of the first optical connector;
a second housing configured to grip the second optical connector such that, when the optical connector jig is positioned with respect to the first optical connector, a connection surface of the second optical connector faces a connection surface of the first optical connector; and
an ejector disposed between the first housing and the second housing,
wherein the second housing is configured to move with respect to the first housing such that the connection surface of the gripped second optical connector is close to the connection surface of the first optical connector or is away from the connection surface of the first optical connector, and
wherein the ejector includes a releasing portion configured to release the connection between the first optical connector and the second optical connector by the ejector being moved away from the first housing.