US 12,405,427 B2
Optical connector having fitted housings applying pressure to a protection sleeve
Ririka Seino, Sakura (JP)
Assigned to Fujikura Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 18/270,589
Filed by Fujikura Ltd., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Nov. 24, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/042889
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 30, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/190467, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 15, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-039283 (JP), filed on Mar. 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0061185 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. G02B 6/38 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/3825 (2013.01) [G02B 6/3849 (2013.01); G02B 6/3893 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An optical connector comprising:
a ferrule holding an optical fiber;
a holder holding the ferrule;
a protection sleeve comprising a tip that is fixed to a sleeve fixing portion of the holder;
an inner housing in which at least a part of the sleeve fixing portion is housed; and
an outer housing in which at least a part of the inner housing is housed, wherein
the inner housing comprises a tab portion that:
tilts in a radial direction of the ferrule, and
applies a pressure on the protection sleeve by tilting inward in the radial direction in a state in which the tab portion is disposed inside the outer housing.