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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 21, 1995
Tomoyuki Hattori, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Suganuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Eisuke Sasaoka, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroaki Takimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A reinforced structure for a multicore optical fiber coupler wherein a longitudinal coating resin of first and second multicore optical fibers, each having a plurality of optical fiber stands positioned in parallel arrangement to each other and each collectively coated with a respective coating resin, is partially removed so as to expose glass portions of the optical fiber strands of each of the optical fibers. The exposed glass portions are then fused and extended. The fused and extended portions are then accommodated in a plurality of grooves formed in a reinforcing casing. The non-extended portions, which are located on opposite ends of the fused and extended portions in the extending direction, are also accommodated on the surface of the reinforcing casing. The optical fibers are secured to the reinforcing casing with adhesive, which is applied to the non-extended portions of the fibers. The reinforcing casing is preferably made of a material having substantially the same coefficient of linear expansion as that of quartz.