US 12,117,656 B2
Optical connector ferrule and optical connector
Baoqi Wang, Dongguan (CN); Chong Chen, Dongguan (CN); Junying Zhao, Dongguan (CN); and Fanhua Kong, Wuhan (CN)
Assigned to Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Filed on Oct. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/966,479.
Application 17/966,479 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2020/139235, filed on Dec. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 202010306153.4 (CN), filed on Apr. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0036226 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. G02B 6/38 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/3881 (2013.01) [G02B 6/3885 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An optical connector ferrule, wherein the optical connector ferrule is a first ferrule of an optical connector, wherein:
the first ferrule comprises n optical channels;
the first ferrule is configured to be compatible with a second ferrule, the second ferrule comprises m optical channels, both m and n are positive integers, and n is greater than m; and
the n optical channels of the first ferrule comprise first-type optical channels and second-type optical channels, an arrangement manner of the first-type optical channels is the same as that of the m optical channels of the second ferrule, and at least one of the second-type optical channels is located in at least one of rows in which the first-type optical channels are located.