Abstract: An optical connector of a fitting pin positioning type includes multiple optical fiber insertion holes arranged in one row and fitting holes or fitting pins. The fitting holes or the fitting pins for positioning are respectively disposed on mutually opposite sides of a straight line connecting centers of the optical fiber insertion holes and are located point-symmetrically with respect to a center of the row of the entire optical fiber insertion holes arranged on the straight line.

Abstract: An optical ferrule includes a positioning block and a ferrule main body. The ferrule main body is integrally formed by molding a resin over the positioning block. The positioning block includes an optical fiber insertion hole formation portion having optical fiber insertion holes and guide pin hole formation portions which are provided on both sides of the positioning block and which have guide pin holes. On a front end side of the ferrule main body, the positioning block is disposed. The ferrule main body has a hollow part on its rear end side.

Abstract: An optical connector according to the present invention including a connector body mounted on an optical module mounted on a circuit board, and a connector fixing member for pressing the connector body against the optical module. The connector fixing member can be engaged/disengaged with/from the circuit board, and thus the connector body can be attached/detached to/from the optical module.

Abstract: A multifiber optical connector is provided comprising: a ferrule including a junction-end-face and a plurality of optical-fiber-insertion holes which open in the junction-end-face; openings of the optical-fiber-insertion holes arranged on the junction-end-face in a line or row or in plural parallel lines or rows; and optical fibers received in the optical-fiber-insertion holes such that they protrude from the junction-end-face. The lengths of optical fibers disposed on both side portions of the junction-end-face are greater than the lengths of optical fibers disposed on a central portion of the junction-end-face.

Abstract: A connector holder fixes an optical connector assembled at a leading end of an optical fiber to an optical module having a light input/output end so that the optical fiber and the light input/output end is optically connected. The connector holder is provided with a holding section for storing at least a part of the optical connector, and a cover section attached to the holding section to be freely opened and closed. The cover section is provided with a cover section main body, and a pressing section which presses the optical connector toward the optical module.

Abstract: The invention is an optical fiber sheet obtained by adhering together at least two sheets with an optical fiber placed therebetween, and placing a reinforcing tube over a portion of the optical fiber extending from an edge of the sheets, wherein the reinforcing tube is fixed to the sheets by bonding, with the reinforcing tube inserted between the sheets located up and below by an appropriate distance from an edge of the sheets.

Abstract: A cleaning tool is provided wherein a head unit (4) that is equipped with a supporting portion main body (44), a circular arc-shaped tilt spring (41) that protrudes from this supporting portion main body (44), and a head component (23) that is supported on a protruding distal end (411) of the tilt spring (41) is incorporated into a distal end portion of a protruding portion that protrudes from a tool main body, and wherein the head component (23) is tilted such that the side thereof that protrudes from the protruding distal end (411) of the tilt spring (41) towards the curve apex portion (412) of the tilt spring (41) protrudes towards the rear side, and the head component (23) protrudes towards the front side as it moves towards the opposite side from the protruding distal end (411).

Abstract: An optical connector assembly includes a substrate including a connection surface and an optical element, an optical connector on a distal end of an optical fiber, and a positioning mechanism, that positions the optical fiber with respect to the optical element to provide an optical connection therebetween, the positioning mechanism including a positioning projection on one of the optical connector and the substrate and a corresponding positioning hole on the other of the optical connector and the substrate.

Abstract: A join end face of an optical connector is easily and reliably cleaned when the optical connector has been inserted into a connector housing, by using an optical connector cleaning unit comprising a cleaning member which wipes clean a join end face of an optical connector inside a connector housing by relative motion against the join end face, a drive mechanism which drives the cleaning member, and a connection section which enables a drive auxiliary mechanism for applying a moving force to the drive mechanism to be connected, and an optical connector cleaning tool in which a drive auxiliary unit comprising the drive auxiliary mechanism has been connected to the connection section of the optical connector cleaning unit.

Abstract: An optical connector cleaning tool includes a tool body, a driving mechanism that moves a cleaning member, an insertion portion that protrudes from the tool body, with a cleaning member disposed at the projected distal end from the tool body and able, by insertion in a connector housing, to cause the portion of the cleaning member disposed at the projected distal end to abut against the connection end face of the optical connector housed in the connector housing, and a connector cleaning guide that positions an optical connector outside the connector housing and the insertion portion and causes the cleaning member and the connection end face of the optical connector to abut, a connector cleaning guide having a first port in which the optical connector can be inserted and a second port in which the insertion portion can be inserted.

Abstract: An optical connector according to the present invention including a connector body mounted on an optical module mounted on a circuit board, and a connector fixing member for pressing the connector body against the optical module. The connector fixing member can be engaged/disengaged with/from the circuit board, and thus the connector body can be attached/detached to/from the optical module.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a technique for intercepting light which is emitted from a connection reception side optical connector which is housed inside a connector hole of a connector housing of a device such as an optical connector adapter or the like using a shutter, and more particularly relates to a development of this technology which makes it possible to arrange the shutter without exerting the negative effect of increasing the size of the connector housing. With the present invention such light interception is implemented, without increasing the size of the connector housing 14, by providing a structure in which a shutter unit is fitted within a connector hole 14a of a connector housing 14, with this shutter unit comprising two shutter leaves 53A and 53B for light interception supported upon shafts in a main section 51 of the assembly.

Abstract: A multifiber optical connector is provided comprising: a ferrule including a junction-end-face and a plurality of optical-fiber-insertion holes which open in the junction-end-face; openings of the optical-fiber-insertion holes arranged on the junction-end-face in a line or row or in plural parallel lines or rows; and optical fibers received in the optical-fiber-insertion holes such that they protrude from the junction-end-face. The lengths of optical fibers disposed on both side portions of the junction-end-face are greater than the lengths of optical fibers disposed on a central portion of the junction-end-face.

Abstract: An optical transceiver 10 includes an optical device 16 which is provided upon a substrate 11, an optical connector 14 which is connected to an optical fiber 15a, and a connector holder 13 for optically connecting together the optical device and the optical connector 14. The connector holder 13 includes an engagement means 13c which holds the optical connector 14. The engagement means 13c holds the optical connector 14 when the optical connector 14 is pressed in towards the substrate. The optical connector 14 supports the optical fiber 15a so that the optical axis of the optical fiber 15a subtends a fixed angle with respect to the optical axis of the optical device 16. And the optical connector 14 includes a mirror 14g for optically connecting between the optical device 16 and the optical fiber 15a.

Abstract: An optical connector assembly includes a substrate including a connection surface and an optical element, an optical connector on a distal end of an optical fiber, and a positioning mechanism, that positions the optical fiber with respect to the optical element to provide an optical connection therebetween, the positioning mechanism including a positioning projection on one of the optical connector and the substrate and a corresponding positioning hole on the other of the optical connector and the substrate.

Abstract: In a light modulating apparatus for an excimer discharge lamp high frequency voltage whose frequency is 1000 Hz band or higher is applied to the excimer discharge lamp and light is modulated by changing the frequency of the high frequency voltage, on-time per ½ cycle of the frequency is set so that the on-time is approximately equal to charging time for acquiring electric charges which contribute to light emission of the excimer discharge lamp, whereby stable light modulation is possible. Further, the high frequency voltage is modulated by rectangular waveform voltage having low frequency which is lower than that of the high frequency voltage whereby light can be stably modulated in a wide range.

Abstract: An optical connector cleaning tool includes a tool body, a driving mechanism that moves a cleaning member, an insertion portion that protrudes from the tool body, with a cleaning member disposed at the projected distal end from the tool body and able, by insertion in a connector housing, to cause the portion of the cleaning member disposed at the projected distal end to abut against the connection end face of the optical connector housed in the connector housing, and a connector cleaning guide that positions an optical connector outside the connector housing and the insertion portion and causes the cleaning member and the connection end face of the optical connector to abut, a connector cleaning guide having a first port in which the optical connector can be inserted and a second port in which the insertion portion can be inserted.

Abstract: The invention is an optical fiber sheet obtained by adhering together at least two sheets with an optical fiber placed therebetween, and placing a reinforcing tube over a portion of the optical fiber extending from an edge of the sheets, wherein the reinforcing tube is fixed to the sheets by bonding, with the reinforcing tube inserted between the sheets located up and below by an appropriate distance from an edge of the sheets.

Abstract: An optical connector cleaning tool, which can easily and reliably clean a connecting end face of an optical connector while the optical connector is disposed in a connector housing, is disclosed. The optical connector cleaning tool comprises a tool body, and an insertion portion which is provided so as to project from the tool body, and which is adapted to be inserted into the connector housing, and the optical connector cleaning tool is adapted such that the cleaning element disposed at an end of the insertion portion projecting from the tool body is positioned and abutted against the connecting end face when the insertion portion is inserted into the connector housing. It is easy to insert the cleaning element into the connector housing and to abut the cleaning element against the connecting end face. Furthermore, it is easy to maintain the cleaning element in position abutting against the connecting end face when the cleaning element is moved for wiping the connecting end face.

Abstract: In a light modulating apparatus for an excimer discharge lamp high frequency voltage whose frequency is 1000 Hz band or higher is applied to the excimer discharge lamp and light is modulated by changing the frequency of the high frequency voltage, on-time per ½ cycle of the frequency is set so that the on-time is approximately equal to charging time for acquiring electric charges which contribute to light emission of the excimer discharge lamp, whereby stable light modulation is possible. Further, the high frequency voltage is modulated by rectangular waveform voltage having low frequency which is lower than that of the high frequency voltage whereby light can be stably modulated in a wide range.