Fiber optic connector
The 3D-printed optical fiber connector addresses the limitations of conventional connectors by integrating the cooling medium flow path, eliminating air layers, and enhancing light absorption and thermal conductivity, resulting in improved heat dissipation and durability for high-power laser applications.
JP7870033B2Active Publication Date: 2026-06-04ODEC CO LTD +1
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- JP · JP
- Patent Type
- Patents
- Current Assignee / Owner
- ODEC CO LTD
- Filing Date
- 2022-07-07
- Publication Date
- 2026-06-04
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Abstract
To provide an optical fiber connector that is excellent in heat radiation, high in a degree of freedom in design, small in manufacturing error upon manufacturing, easy in manufacturing, excellent in maintainability, and has a cooling function by a cooling medium with high quality and high durability, and durable even to a further high output transmission in the future.SOLUTION: An optical fiber connector has: a connection part that is located on a side to which an end part of an optical fiber connects; an insertion part which extends in a longitudinal direction of the optical fiber, and through which an optical fiber core wire is inserted; an introduction part that introduces a cooling medium; an ejection part that ejects the cooling medium; and a cooling medium flow channel that is formed in the interior of the connector so as to run along the insertion part. The cooling medium flow channel has a flow channel from the introduction part to the ejection part via a vicinity of the connection part integrally molded by a 3D (three-dimensional) printer.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
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