| 摘要 |
<p>An optical connector in which the housing property into a cabinet or the like can be enhanced because of the compacification, and which can solve problems of the increase of the bending loss of an optical fiber, the breakage, and the like is obtained. In an optical connector 1 which houses and holds a fusion spliced portion 13 where a short optical fiber 5 previously fitted to an optical connector ferrule 7 is fusion-spliced with a coated optical fiber 3, one end of a protection sleeve 15 which armors the fusion spliced portion 13 is coupled to the optical connector ferrule 7. As a result, the length of the protection sleeve 15 which covers the fusion spliced portion 13 so that the fusion spliced portion 13 is positioned at the middle can be set with reference to an end portion of the optical connector ferrule 7. Therefore, the protection sleeve 15 can be shortened, and compactification of the optical connector 1 can be realized.</p> |
