Patent ID: 8961037
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. An optical connector optically connecting respective set of optical fibers and optical elements by internal reflection, comprising: an optical connector body, which is a resin molding, having a plurality of optical fiber insertion holes and a plurality of bottomed holes, each of the bottom surfaces of the bottomed holes functioning as an internal reflection surface, each of the internal reflection surfaces disposed in front of one of the optical fiber insertion holes; wherein the bottomed holes are filled with air, wherein the each of the internal reflection surfaces is integrally formed as a bottom surface of one of the bottomed holes, wherein a resin between the optical fiber insertion holes and the internal reflection surfaces and the resin between the internal reflection surfaces and the optical elements are light transmissive, wherein each of the plurality of bottomed holes is bored from an outer surface of the optical connector body and the plurality of bottomed holes are separate from each other, wherein the respective set of optical fibers and the optical elements is optically connected by the respective internal reflection surface, and wherein the internal reflection surfaces reflect light coming from the optical fiber insertion holes, and the light reflected by the internal reflection surfaces pass through the resin to the optical elements.