Abstract: An optical loopback member attaches to a counterpart optical connector to face a plurality of optical fibers of the counterpart optical connector that includes a first input optical fiber, second input optical fiber, first output optical fiber, and second output optical fiber. The optical loopback member includes a first reflector including: a first output light reflection surface that reflects a first output light, outputted in a first direction, from the first output optical fiber; and a first input light reflection surface that reflects light reflected by the first output light reflection surface and directs the reflected light to the first input optical fiber arranged in a second direction with respect to the first output optical fiber. The second direction is perpendicular to the first direction.

Abstract: A ferrule structure includes: a ferrule body including a guide hole that accepts insertion of a guide pin, and a fiber hole that accepts insertion of an optical fiber and that is disposed in an opening surface of the ferrule body; and a lens plate including a guide hole that accepts insertion of the guide pin, a lens part, and an abutment surface that abuts an endface of the optical fiber. A recess is disposed in at least one of the ferrule body and the lens plate. A matching material filling gap, that is to be filled with a refractive index matching material, is formed with the recess, between the opening surface of the ferrule body and the abutment surface of the lens plate.

Abstract: A ferrule holds end portions of optical fibers and includes: a plurality of optical fiber holes arranged in a predetermined direction, wherein the optical fibers are inserted into the plurality of optical fiber holes; and an adhesive-filling section that is filled with an adhesive and internally includes an opening surface of the plurality of optical fiber holes and an opposed surface opposed to the opening surface. The adhesive-filling section includes an upper side opening and a lower side opening, the upper side opening opens on a top surface that is a surface on a side from which the adhesive is filled, and the lower side opening opens on a lower surface that is a surface on a side opposite to the top surface.

Abstract: An optical-fiber-attached ferrule includes: an optical fiber hole into which an optical fiber is inserted; and a filling section filled with a liquid refractive index-matching material.

Abstract: An optical ferrule and an optical connector are provided, which make it possible to reduce the labor required for an adhesive wiping operation even when the optical ferrule is small-sized. A first adhesive filling recess 113 is equipped, which is formed at an outlet of an optical fiber hole 112 so that a forward end of a bare fiber 120, which is positioned by the optical fiber hole 112, is allowed to abut against an inner wall 113w opposed to the outlet, and the bare fiber 120 is adhered and fixed in a resultant state by means of an adhesive 131 with which the recess is filled, wherein the first adhesive filling recess 113 is provided with adhesive accommodating recesses 115, 117 which are shallower than the first adhesive filling recess 113 and are disposed continuously with the first adhesive filling recess 113.

Abstract: A ferrule holds end portions of optical fibers and includes: a plurality of optical fiber holes arranged in a predetermined direction, wherein the optical fibers are inserted into the plurality of optical fiber holes; and an adhesive-filling section that is filled with an adhesive and internally includes an opening surface of the plurality of optical fiber holes and an opposed surface opposed to the opening surface. The adhesive-filling section includes an upper side opening and a lower side opening, the upper side opening opens on a top surface that is a surface on a side from which the adhesive is filled, and the lower side opening opens on a lower surface that is a surface on a side opposite to the top surface.

Abstract: An optical-fiber-attached ferrule includes: an optical fiber hole into which an optical fiber is inserted; and a filling section filled with a liquid refractive index-matching material.

Abstract: An optical connector comprises a housing, a regulating portion which is protrudes toward an inner surface of the housing, a ferrule which is secured to an optical fiber and which is accommodated inside the housing so as to be movable. The ferrule includes a base portion and a thinned portion that has a thickness smaller than that of the base portion. If the ferrule moves forward in the butt-connection direction, the regulating portion and the base portion approach each other, so that the regulating portion regulates the movement of the ferrule in the thickness direction. If the ferrule moves backward in the butt-connection direction, the ferrule reaches a position where the thinned portion faces the regulating portion, so that the movement of the ferrule in the thickness direction is not regulated by the regulating portion.

Abstract: An optical-fiber-attached ferrule of the invention includes: an optical fiber; and a ferrule that holds an end portion of the optical fiber, where the ferrule includes a ferrule end surface, a fiber hole to insert the optical fiber, an adhesive-filling section that includes an opening surface of the optical fiber hole and an opposed surface opposed to the opening surface, and a light transmitting part that transmits an optical signal between the ferrule end surface and the opposed surface, and an end surface of the optical fiber is disposed close to the opposed surface in the adhesive-filling section The adhesive-filling section is filled with an optical adhesive with Shore hardness D of equal to or less than 50.

Abstract: A ferrule of the present invention includes a positioning mechanism for positioning an optical fiber, and a recess having at least a first inner wall for allowing a front end of the optical fiber portion positioned by the positioning mechanism to protrude, and a second inner wall opposite to the first inner wall. A distance between the first inner wall and the second inner wall is less than or equal to four times the outer diameter of the optical fiber. Adhesive is filled into the recess and cured in a state in which the optical fiber protrudes from the first inner wall and substantially contacts the second inner wall to fix the optical fiber.

Abstract: A ferrule of the present invention includes a positioning mechanism for positioning an optical fiber, and a recess having at least a first inner wall for allowing a front end of the optical fiber portion positioned by the positioning mechanism to protrude, and a second inner wall opposite to the first inner wall. A distance between the first inner wall and the second inner wall is less than or equal to four times the outer diameter of the optical fiber. Adhesive is filled into the recess and cured in a state in which the optical fiber protrudes from the first inner wall and substantially contacts the second inner wall to fix the optical fiber.

Abstract: An optical ferrule and an optical connector are provided, which make it possible to reduce the labor required for an adhesive wiping operation even when the optical ferrule is small-sized. A first adhesive filling recess 113 is equipped, which is formed at an outlet of an optical fiber hole 112 so that a forward end of a bare fiber 120, which is positioned by the optical fiber hole 112, is allowed to abut against an inner wall 113w opposed to the outlet, and the bare fiber 120 is adhered and fixed in a resultant state by means of an adhesive 131 with which the recess is filled, wherein the first adhesive filling recess 113 is provided with adhesive accommodating recesses 115, 117 which are shallower than the first adhesive filling recess 113 and are disposed continuously with the first adhesive filling recess 113.

Abstract: An optical connector comprises a housing, a regulating portion which is protrudes toward an inner surface of the housing, a ferrule which is secured to an optical fiber and which is accommodated inside the housing so as to be movable. The ferrule includes a base portion and a thinned portion that has a thickness smaller than that of the base portion. If the ferrule moves forward in the butt-connection direction, the regulating portion and the base portion approach each other, so that the regulating portion regulates the movement of the ferrule in the thickness direction. If the ferrule moves backward in the butt-connection direction, the ferrule reaches a position where the thinned portion faces the regulating portion, so that the movement of the ferrule in the thickness direction is not regulated by the regulating portion.

Abstract: An improved ceiling beam construction for a heating furnace in which ceiling beams having closed cross sections are adopted for utilizing the interior of the beams as ducts for passing gases through them so as to reduce spaces required for installing separate gas ducts, with a consequent decrease in the number of duct supporting fittings or fixtures.

Abstract: An apparatus for cooling hot steel plate and sheet has a plurality of cooling units disposed along the plate or sheet delivery line. Each cooling unit has a top and a bottom roll-and-nozzle assembly and a device for coupling them. The top and bottom assemblies each have a roll to restrain the plate or sheet and a nozzle to spray a coolant thereon. The coupling device has a screwdown mechanism to adjust the space between the top and bottom rolls and a device for adjusting the restraining force working on the plate or sheet being cooled. This cooling apparatus permits rapid cooling of steel plate and sheet without causing distortion thereof, and the apparatus is easy to maintain.