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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2003
Applicants:
Toshimi Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Souichi Endo, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuhiko Shishido, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical fiber bundle includes a plurality of optical fibers bundled on an input terminal side and on an output terminal side. The optical fiber bundle receives light from the input terminal side, and outputs the light to the output terminal side. The optical fiber bundle has a feature in that the optical fiber are divided, on the input terminal side, individually or into a plurality of groups in accordance with output terminal side positions of the optical fiber. The optical fiber bundle is arranged to adjust input light for each of the optical fibers or for each of the groups.