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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1999
Tadao Arima, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
There are disclosed an optical fiber splicing mechanism, an optical fiber splicing structure, and an optical fiber splicing method which are each capable of minimizing the size of an optical-fiber junction and the cost of splicing optical fibers as well as connecting the optical fibers reliably by a simple splicing process. Ends of two ferrules each having an optical fiber fitted therein are held in contact with each other, and the contact portions of the two ferrules are sheathed with a split sleeve. Further, the outside of the split sleeve is sheathed with a heat shrinking tube. Then, heat is applied to the heat shrinking tube to cause the same to shrink. The heat shrinking tube constricts the split sleeve by its shrinkage force, whereby the ferrules are fixed.