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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 26, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hideo Kosaka, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, , JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385 59 ; 385 71 ; 385 89 ; 385 53 ; 385139 ;
Abstract
An optical cross-coupling apparatus including a plurality of first connector groups in each of which a plurality of optical fibers are aligned in a one-dimensional array, a plurality of (corresponding in number to said first connector groups) second connector groups in each of which a plurality of optical fibers are aligned in a one-dimensional array, and a socket in which said first and second connector groups are aligned to oppose each other crosswise and mounted such that distal end faces of respective connectors of said two connector groups oppose and are in contact with each other on one plane.