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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1999
Yoshiki Shibuya, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Ushikubo, Tokyo, JP;
Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of arranging optical fibers and to an optical fiber arranging module. The method of arranging optical fibers includes inserting terminal portions of the optical fibers in a holding space which has an enough width to hold the optical fibers, reducing the width of the space so that the optical fibers are brought close, and reducing a height of the space up to length of an external diameter of the optical fiber so as to line up facets of the optical fibers. The optical fiber arranging module includes a first restraining means for restraining width of a holding space which holds terminal portions of the optical fibers, the width of the terminal portions of the optical fibers are brought close, and a second restraining means for restraining height of the holding space up to length of an external diameter of the optical fiber so as to line up facets of the optical fibers.