Optical fiber connector part

• US 20040052473A1
• Filed: 09/02/2003
• Published: 03/18/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 09/03/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Furukawa Electric Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Furukawa Electric Company Limited
• Inventors: Seo, Koji, Shiino, Masato
• Application Number:
  US10/652,070
• Publication Number:
  US 20040052473A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 385/73
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2006/4297 having protection means, e.g. protecting humans against accidental exposure to harmful laser radiation
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/3849 using mechanical protective elements, e.g. caps, hoods, sealing membranes G02B6/3816 takes precedence; provisionally see H01R13/44

Abstract

There is provided an optical fiber connector part comprising a housing which internally holds the end of an optical transmission route, and a shutter part which shields an output light beam from the optical transmission route in the housing or releases the output light beam, wherein the shutter part has an optical diffusing reflection surface which diffuses and reflects the output light beam when the output light beam is shielded.

Damages of the shutter part caused by the high power light beam can be prevented with diffusing and reflecting the output light beam by the optical diffusing reflection surface. Damage of the parts caused by the reflecting light beam can also be prevented with dissipating energy of the reflecting light beam from the shutter part.

Claims

1. An optical fiber connector part comprising:

a housing internally holding the end of an optical transmission route; and

a shutter part shielding or releasing an output light beam from said optical transmission route in said housing,

wherein said shutter part has an optical diffusing reflection surface diffusing and reflecting said output light beam when said output light beam is shielded or released.

2. The optical fiber connector part as claimed in claim 1, wherein said optical diffusing reflection surface of said shutter part comprises an optical reflection surface having plural concavities and convexities.

3. The optical fiber connector part as claimed in claim 1, wherein said optical diffusing reflection surface of said shutter part has a convex curved surface to the projected light beam.

4. The optical fiber connector part as claimed in claim 1 further comprising one or more optical reflection plates having optical diffusing reflection surfaces to reflect the reflecting light beam from said shutter part.

5. The optical fiber connector part as claimed in claim 2, further comprising one or more optical reflection plates having optical diffusing reflection surfaces to reflect the reflecting light beam from said shutter part.

6. The optical fiber connector part as claimed in claim 3, further comprising one or more optical reflection plates having optical diffusing reflection surfaces to reflect the reflecting light beam from said shutter part.

7. The optical fiber connector part as claimed in claim 4, wherein said optical reflection plate includes a first optical reflection plate diffusing and reflecting the reflecting light beam from said shutter part, and a second optical reflecting plate diffusing and reflecting the reflecting light beam from said first optical reflection plate.

8. The optical fiber connector part as claimed in claim 5, wherein said optical reflection plate includes a first optical reflection plate diffusing and reflecting the reflecting light beam from said shutter part, and a second optical reflecting plate diffusing and reflecting the reflecting light beam from said first optical reflection plate.

9. The optical fiber connector part as claimed in claim 6, wherein said optical reflection plate includes a first optical reflection plate diffusing and reflecting the reflecting light beam from said shutter part, and a second optical reflecting plate diffusing and reflecting the reflecting light beam from said first optical reflection plate.

10. The optical fiber connector part as claimed in claim 4, wherein at least one of said optical reflection plates is combined with said shutter part.

11. The optical fiber connector part as claimed in claim 5, wherein at least one of said optical reflection plates is combined with said shutter part.

12. The optical fiber connector part as claimed in claim 6, wherein at least one of said optical reflection plates is combined with said shutter part.

13. The optical fiber connector part as claimed in claim 7, wherein at least one of said optical reflection plates is combined with said shutter part.

14. The optical fiber connector part as claimed in claim 8, wherein at least one of said optical reflection plates is combined with said shutter part.

15. The optical fiber connector part as claimed in claim 9, wherein at least one of said optical reflection plates is combined with said shutter part.

16. An optical fiber connector part comprising:

means for holding the end of an optical transmission route;

means for shielding or releasing an output light beam from said optical transmission route in said housing; and

means for diffusing and reflecting said output light beam when said output light beam is shielded or released.