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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:
May. 09, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 31, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385115 ;
Abstract
An optical fiber bundle with a assembling tool, which comprises a plurality of optical fibers 3 fusion-bonded and fixed, at one end or both ends thereof, in a hollow part of the assembling tool with substantially no space left therein, wherein at least a portion of said assembling tool 1 in contact with said optical fibers 3 is formed of a thermoplastic resin and provided that Tp represents the heat transformation temperature of said thermoplastic resin and Tc represents the heat transformation temperature of the core material of said optical fibers 3, the following equation (1):