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Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2001

Filed:

Mar. 25, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:

Masashi Fukuyama, Komaki, JP;

Kazutoshi Tohyama, Nakatsugawa, JP;

Assignee:

NGK Insulators, Ltd., Nagoya, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/00 ;
Abstract

An optical fiber array includes an upper substrate and a lower substrate in which V-shaped grooves are formed, optical fibers being inserted and arranged in the V-shaped grooves. The tips of a plurality of protruding portions formed between the plurality of V-shaped grooves are shaped like planes. The optical fiber array can prevent optical fibers from being damaged or cut while preventing substrates from being cut when the fibers are placed in V-shaped grooves for alignment.


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Fukuyama, Masashi. (2001). Optical fiber array (U.S. Patent No. 6215945). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/6215945

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