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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:
Jun. 03, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2001
Marc G. Brun, Avon, FR;
Jean-Pierre Themont, Montigny sur Loing, FR;
Sylvain M. Gremetz, Vax le Penil, FR;
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention includes a tool ( ) for positioning optical waveguide fibers ( ) on an adhesive coated substrate ( ) including a holder ( ) and a pressure source. The holder ( ) includes a chamber ( ) coupled to the pressure source and multiple recesses ( ) configured to position the optical waveguide fibers ( ). Each recess ( ) includes a reference surface ( ) and is connected to the chamber ( ) by a passageway ( ). The pressure source is configured to selectively increase and decrease the pressure in the chamber ( ). The invention also includes a method of making optical waveguide fiber array blocks using the tool ( ).