PURPOSE: To provide the terminal structure of the multicore optical fiber connector best suited for multicore optical fiber connectors by using precision cylindrical members and changing the shape of the holding member.
CONSTITUTION: The inside hole 5 of a cylindrical member 4 is finished to a diameter slightly larger than that of an optical fiber strand and is pierced in the position concentrical to the outside circumference of the cylinder. One end of the inside hole is applied with conical working to funnel form. The cylindrical members 4 thus made are assembled by as much as the number of optical fiber strands. The cylindrical members 4 assembled on a flat plate holding member 6 are placed side by side to let the cylindrical members 4 make close contact with each other and make close contact onto the flat plate holding member 6. These are then integrated by other mechanical means. Hence, these may be readily increased or decreased irrespective of the number of the optical fiber strands and the spacings between the optical fiber strands may be changed as desired.
ATOKAWA AKIO
MORIMOTO YOSHITAKA
