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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. 15, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1998
Masashi Fukuyama, Komaki, JP;
Hironori Kurimoto, Kounan, JP;
NGK Insulators, Ltd., Nagoya, JP;
Abstract
An optical fiber array comprises an upper substrate and a lower substrate in which V-shaped grooves are formed, wherein optical fibers are inserted and arranged in the V-shaped grooves and are solidified using an adhesive. The lower substrate comprises a V-shaped groove section having V-shaped grooves in which the optical fibers are aligned and arranged, a covered optical fiber support section for supporting covered optical fibers, and a free buffer section located between the V-shaped groove section and the covered optical fiber support section and that is prevented from restricting the alignment and arrangement of the optical fibers, wherein the free buffer section continues with the covered fiber support section via a step. The optical fiber array allows the positional relationship between an uncovered optical fiber and a covered optical fiber to be set accurately, that can prevent its characteristics from being degraded, and that can avoid problems such as an open circuit in the fibers.
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