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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2023
Corning Research & Development Corporation, Corning, NY (US);
Douglas Llewellyn Butler, Painted Post, NY (US);
Jeffrey Scott Clark, Lindley, NY (US);
David Evan Robinson, Corning, NY (US);
James Scott Sutherland, Painted Post, NY (US);
CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
A system for maintaining relative orientation of optical fibers in an array is provided. Fibers extend parallel and include a first fiber and an adjacent fiber. The system includes a fiber holder with alignment holes configured to receive stripped fiber sections. The alignment holes extend from the first surface to the second surface, and the alignment holes include a first alignment hole configured to receive a stripped fiber section of the first fiber and an adjacent alignment hole configured to receive a stripped fiber section of the adjacent fiber. The fiber holder has a wall separating the first alignment hole and the adjacent alignment hole that permits rotation of the stripped fiber section of the adjacent fiber in the adjacent alignment hole without causing rotation of the stripped fiber section of the first fiber in the first alignment hole.