Patent ID: 8240926
Filing Date: 2012-08-14
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A fixing structure of an exterior member to an optical fiber cable comprising: an exterior member including a light shielding member; and an optical fiber cable including a bare optical fiber and a resin coating formed on an outer circumference of the bare optical fiber, wherein the exterior member has a through-hole through which the optical fiber cable is inserted, wherein the light shielding member covers an outer circumference of the optical fiber cable, wherein the light shielding member is fixed at a part where the exterior member is externally mounted, and an inner surface of the through-hole of the exterior member is bonded to the light shielding member, wherein the light shielding member is a light-shielding pipe, and a resin which is the same as the resin coating layer of the optical fiber cable is filled between the light-shielding pipe and the optical fiber cable, wherein the exterior member includes a connector disposed radially outwardly of the light-shielding pipe, and wherein a length of the light-shielding pipe in a longitudinal direction of the optical fiber cable extends from an end of the connector by a distance of at least 1 mm and not more than 100 mm.