Patents Assigned to T.H. FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
  • Publication number: 20070019913
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an optical connector adapter that is so configured as to prevent a laser beam from leaking outwards to do harm to a person at the time of insertion or removal of an optical connector plug for optical connection, and, specifically, an optical connector adapter having, at one end side, a housing part with a tip end being open, and at the other end side, a coupling part adapted to provide coupling with an optical component, and serving to couple an optical connector plug coupled with the housing part by insertion with the optical component such that an optical axis is aligned, wherein a super-elastic alloy shutter plate having been subjected to a plate-shape memory heat-treatment without providing any bent part is so mounted at an inner position close to an opening end of the housing part as to stand upward from one wall surface to a position adapted to shield the optical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2004
    Publication date: January 25, 2007
    Applicants: FURUKAWA TECHINO MATERIAL CO., LTD., T.H. FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirohisa Iwai, Shintarou Takahashi, Tetsushi Habu, Satoshi Takaoka, Yoshinori Takeuchi