MT CONNECTOR, GUIDE MEMBER USED IN THE SAME AND OPTICAL FIBER MANAGEMENT METHOD USING THE SAME CONNECTOR

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make the individual identification of a relevant MT (MECHANICALLY TRANSFERABLE) connector to be performed easily from among a lot of MT connectors used in a multiple optical fiber cable and moreover to make it possible to increase the amount of identification information drastically. SOLUTION: An MT connector 5 is constituted of a connector main body 9 having a joint face 13 for joining optical fibers 5 and a plurality of guide members 11 which are attached to guiding holes 15 for centering axes of the optical fibers 5 of the joint face 13 of the connector main body 9 and an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) 19 which is incorporated in the guide member 11 and in which identification information is stored. Then, identification information of the relevant MT connector 5 is read out easily from the RFID 19 incorporated in the guide member 11 and the amount of processable identification information is increased by the RFID 19. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI