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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:
Nov. 07, 1995
Filed:
May. 31, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nobuo Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Osamu Murata, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Instruments Inc., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B24B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
451 28 ; 451 41 ; 451 42 ;
Abstract
In a method of making an optical fiber termination which includes a ferrule consisting of a cylindrical pipe having a through hole at the center, the ferrule is finished in advance to a convex spherical surface. After the optical fiber inserted into and fixed to the ferrule, the end surfaces of the ferrule and the optical fiber are together ground and shaped.