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PCT No. PCT/GB93/02455 Sec. 371 Date May 1, 1995 Sec. 102(e) Date May 1, 1995 PCT Filed Nov. 30, 1993 PCT Pub. No. WO94/12901 PCT Pub. Date Jun. 9, 1994An optical connector is provided which can achieve an accurate alignment between an optical ferrule and an optical device in spite of a variation in dimension of the optical ferrule. A split sleeve 13a has an elastic deformation characteristic and has its fixed end portion inserted into a cylindrical robe 14 on a receptacle 2 side and fixed there. The split sleeve 13a has an inner diameter made somewhat smaller than the outer diameter of the ferrule 18. During a time period in which the ferrule 18 is inserted in the split sleeve 13a, the ferrule 18 is aligned with an active device 5 with the ferrule 18 elastically gripped by the split sleeve 13a. With the fixed end portion of the split sleeve 13a fixed in the cylindrical tube 14 a force for returning the split sleeve 13a back to its original inner diameter acts upon the fixed end portion of the split sleeve 13a, thereby suppressing a loss in the elastic deformation characteristic of the split sleeve 13a resulting from a passage of time in use.
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