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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2002
Erich A. Rosenast, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Rifocs Corporation, Camarillo, CA (US);
Abstract
An aligning sleeve for a bundle of fiberoptic cylindrical fibers which comprises an elongated body formed of rigid material with the body having a fore end and an aft end. A passage is formed within the body extending from the fore end to the aft end with this through passage being hexagonally shaped in transverse section. Six in number of evenly spaced longitudinal corners are formed within the hexagonal shaped opening with each corner adapted to have nested therein a longitudinally oriented fiber. All the remaining fibers of the bundle align with these corner fibers with the result that all fibers in a bundle are located parallel to each other and tightly packed within the through passage.