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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2005
Yoshiharu Kanda, Sakura, JP;
Kenji Takahashi, Sakura, JP;
Yoshiharu Kanda, Sakura, JP;
Kenji Takahashi, Sakura, JP;
Fujikura Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of aligning optical-fibers, including: holding a sheath of an optical-fiber ribbon cord using an optical-fiber holder so that distal ends of optical fibers extending from the sheath are located above grooves of a groove stage; arranging an optical-fiber guide on one side of the sheath, as the sheath is held by the optical-fiber holder, on a first side of the optical-fiber holder, wherein the optical-fiber guide has oblique portions adjacent to transverse sides of the sheath; moving the optical-fiber guide in a first direction toward the sheath so that at least one of the oblique portions aligns the sheath to the transverse center of the optical fiber guides; and moving the optical-fiber guide in a direction opposite the first direction to align the optical-fibers into the grooves of the groove stage.