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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:
Aug. 10, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2003
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kazuyoshi Ohta, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Moritex Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 2/638 ; B23K 2/606 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 2/638 ; B23K 2/606 ;
Abstract
A method of severing an optical fiber using a laser beam, in which a laser beam emitted from a laser beam source is applied through a square light transmitting section and a lens to an optical fiber, to form a square light spot on the irradiated portion, for melting, evaporating and severing the optical fiber at said irradiated portion, comprising the step of fixing the portion to be severed at, of the optical fiber, in a cylindrical capillary formed to be flat on the side to be irradiated with the laser beam.