Patent ID: 6459835
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
An optical connector comprising a pair of optical fibers, a light receiving module, a light transmitting module, a first sleeve, and a second sleeve, said first sleeve located between the light receiving module and one optical fiber and said second sleeve located between the light transmitting module and the other optical fiber, each sleeve making an optical connection between its respective optical fiber and the light receiving or the light transmitting module, wherein each said sleeve has a light guiding passage which is tapered from each of the optical fibers toward the light receiving or the light transmitting module, thereby forming a conical shape with a sloped side wall and a first end face having a reduced diameter of the light-guiding passage and arranged oppositely to its respective light receiving or light transmitting module, wherein each said sleeve has a guiding portion enlarged in a direction perpendicular to an axis of the light-guiding passage to form a ring shape, said guiding portion being formed on the side of each said optical fibers integrally to said light guiding passage.