Patent ID: 8238701
Filing Date: 2012-08-07
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. An optical connector comprising: a sleeve including a hollow cylinder and a flange provided at one end of the hollow cylinder; a collimator lens which is fixed to the sleeve by press-fitting or adhesive; and an optical fiber which is fusion-bonded at an end face of the collimator lens on a side of the collimator lens opposite to a flange side of the collimator lens, wherein an end face of the flange is machined to a plane perpendicular to an optical axis, and the collimator lens has a focal position at the end face of the collimator lens on the opposite side to the flange side, and wherein the optical fiber is fusion-bonded at the focal position of the collimator lens while the collimator lens is in a state of being fixed into the sleeve.