Patent ID: 6877910
Filing Date: 2005-04-12
Classification: B29C,B29L,G02B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A plastic ferrule comprising: a centering section having a tubular body with an outer-circumferential centering reference surface and a center axis of said centering reference surface; said centering section comprising: a resinous outer tube part having said outer-circumferential centering reference surface and provided, along said center axis, with a coated-fiber holding bore for securely accommodating a coated optical fiber and a fixing bore extending from said coated-fiber holding bore, said outer tube part forming a tubular wall with a generally uniform thickness as a whole; and an inner tube part formed from a resinous material identical to said resinous outer tube part, said inner tube part being fixed to said fixing bore of said outer tube part and provided along said center axis with an uncoated-fiber holding bore, communicating with said coated-fiber holding bore, for securely accommodating an uncoated optical fiber.