Patent ID: 9091825
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: G02B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A pin clamp used for an optical fiber connector comprising a ferrule that has a guide pin insertion hole being formed to receive a positioning guide pin of an opposite optical fiber connector and an optical fiber of which one end portion reaching a joint end face of the ferrule is fixed to the ferrule and of which an other end portion extends from the ferrule, wherein the pin clamp, which is attachable to a protrusion protruding from the opposite side to the joint end face of the ferrule, being formed to secure the positioning guide pin in the guide pin insertion hole, and being detachable from the ferrule in a direction crossing the guide pin insertion hole, wherein the pin clamp includes a fitting recessed portion being formed to fit a protruding portion of the positioning guide pin to regulate movement in a length direction of the positioning guide pin, wherein the fitting recessed portion being formed to receive a protrusion of the guide pin in the direction crossing the guide pin insertion hole, wherein the ferrule has two guide pin insertion holes including the guide pin insertion hole, the two guide pin insertion holes are formed on both sides with the optical fiber pinched there between, wherein the pin clamp has a bottom portion and side wall portions formed on both sides thereof and a space surrounded with the bottom portion and the side wall portions on both sides thereof serves as an insertion space of the optical fiber, wherein the pin clamp has two fitting recessed portions, which are formed in the side wall portions on both sides, wherein the optical fiber is an inserted optical fiber, wherein a ferrule boot covering a portion of the inserted optical fiber extending from the ferrule is attached to the portion, and wherein the pin clamp is formed to insert the ferrule boot into the insertion space.