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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2000
Katsuaki Kondo, Hyogo, JP;
Minoru Yoshida, Hyogo, JP;
Yasuhide Sudo, Hyogo, JP;
Tatsuhiro Kawamura, Hyogo, JP;
Kazuo Imamura, Hyogo, JP;
Mitsubishi Cable Industries, Ltd., Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
A structure for retaining an optical fiber, capable of not only handling a long optical fiber as one piece without causing the optical fiber as a whole to get loose but also reducing an area occupied by the optical fiber and retaining the same stably without causing micro-bending thereof to occur, wherein the optical fiber ( ) is arranged so as to form planarly staggered turning portions thereof without causing intersecting parts to occur, a plurality of similar planarly staggered turning portions of the optical fiber being laminated in the same position in the direction of the thickness thereof which is at right angles to a plane on which the optical fiber is arranged, the resultant optical fiber ( ) being generally retained in a sheet-like state by a fixing material ( ), such as a bonding agent and a film.