Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optical fiber connector and endoscope system using the same
- Patent Title (中): 光纤连接器和使用其的内窥镜系统
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Application No.: US12822824Application Date: 2010-06-24
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Publication No.: US07986861B2Publication Date: 2011-07-26
- Inventor: Shinichi Shimotsu
- Applicant: Shinichi Shimotsu
- Applicant Address: JP
- Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
- Current Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP
- Agency: Studebaker & Brackett PC
- Agent Donald R. Studebaker
- Priority: JP2009-151203 20090625
- Main IPC: G02B6/32
- IPC: G02B6/32

Abstract:
An optical fiber connector has a first ferrule holding an end of a first optical fiber, a first fiber stub connected to the first ferrule, a second ferrule holding an end of a second optical fiber, and a second fiber stub connected to the second ferrule. The first fiber stub enlarges the beam diameter of light transmitted through the first optical fiber, and produces the collimated light. The second fiber stub reduces the beam diameter of the collimated light, and leads the converging light into the second optical fiber. The first and second fiber stubs are detachably connected inside a connection sleeve across a predetermined gap. First and second GI fibers contained in the first and second fiber stubs satisfy L1≧L2 and L1+L2≅½ pitch, wherein L1 and L2 represent the lengths of the first and second GI fibers, and one pitch is a sinusoidal period of the light transmitted therethrough.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100329609A1 OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR AND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM USING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2010-12-30
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