FERRULE FIXING MEMBER

• US 20140233896A1
• Filed: 01/16/2014
• Published: 08/21/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hitachi Metals (Thailand) Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi Metals (Thailand) Ltd.
• Inventors: ISHIGAMI, Yoshiaki, SUNAGA, Yoshinori, HIRANO, Kouki, YASUDA, Hiroki, SATOH, Masataka, YU, Juhyun, KOBAYASHI, Takumi
• Granted Patent: US 9,360,640 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 385/81
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/4256 Details of housings
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/4292 the light guide being disconnectable from the opto-electronic element, e.g. mutually self aligning arrangements

Abstract

A ferrule fixing member includes a fixing member configured to fix a ferrule to hold an optical fiber to a retaining member including a retaining hole to insert the ferrule, a locked portion configured to be locked to a locking portion formed on the retaining member and to be restricted from moving, with respect to the retaining member, in an insertion direction of the ferrule and in a direction orthogonal to the insertion direction, and a main body configured to elastically press the ferrule toward the bottom of the retaining hole by elastic deformation thereof.

Claims

1. A ferrule fixing member, comprising:

a fixing member configured to fix a ferrule to hold an optical fiber to a retaining member comprising a retaining hole to insert the ferrule;

a locked portion configured to be locked to a locking portion formed on the retaining member and to be restricted from moving, with respect to the retaining member, in an insertion direction of the ferrule and in a direction orthogonal to the insertion direction; and

a main body configured to elastically press the ferrule toward the bottom of the retaining hole by elastic deformation thereof

2. The ferrule fixing member according to claim 1, wherein the locked portion comprises a pair of arms that extend in a direction crossing the insertion direction of the ferrule so that a cylindrical portion of the retaining member having the retaining hole is sandwiched in between.

3. The ferrule fixing member according to claim 2, wherein the locked portion and the main body are shaped by bending a single plate-shaped material punched out into a predetermined shape.

4. The ferrule fixing member according to claim 3, wherein a thickness direction of the locked portion crosses the insertion direction of the ferrule.

5. The ferrule fixing member according to claim 2, wherein the pair of arms comprise constricted portions at end portions opposite to the main body so as to hold the cylindrical portion.