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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/36 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/36 ;
Abstract
A ferrule assembly includes a ferrule having a through-hole, a first end portion, a second end portion, and an intermediate portion between the first and second end portions, and an optical fiber inserted and fixed in the through-hole. The ferrule has at the intermediate portion a cutaway flat portion allowing the optical fiber inserted in the through-hole to be semi-exposed, and the optical fiber has its entire circumference held by the ferrule at least at the first and second end portions of the ferrule.