FERRULE GUIDE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, APPARATUS USED FOR THE MANUFACTURING, AND OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a small and inexpensive ferrule guide capable of connecting a plurality of ferrules and an optical fiber connector provided with the ferrule guide. SOLUTION: The housing 53 of the receptacle 55 of an optical fiber connector 300 is provided with the ferrule guide 52. When a plug 58 is connected to the receptacle 55, the tip of the ferrule of the plug 58 is inserted into the ferrule insertion hole of the ferrule guide 52. A ferrule 54 at the side of the receptacle 55 and a ferrule 57 on the plug 58 side are butted in the ferrule insertion hole of the ferrule guide 52, and optical fibers mounted to the ferrules 55 and 57 are connected with each other. The ferrule guide 52 can be manufactured highly precisely and at a low cost by electroforming, and the number of components of the optical fiber connector can be reduced because it is small.