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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026
Filed:
May. 11, 2022
Applicant:
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/255 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/2555 (2013.01); G02B 6/2553 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fusion splicing machine according to one embodiment includes: an optical fiber holder holding an optical fiber in the state where a tip end of the optical fiber protrudes; a rotation mechanism arranged on the opposite side of the optical fiber holder to the tip end of the optical fiber and rotating the optical fiber holder around the axis extending along the optical fiber; and a clamp unit pressing the tip end portion of the optical fiber held by the optical fiber holder. The rotation mechanism rotates the clamp unit together with the optical fiber holder.