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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2012
Applicant:
Masayuki Niiya, Isehara, JP;
Inventor:
Masayuki Niiya, Isehara, JP;
Assignee:
Mori Seiki Co., Ltd., Yamato-Koriyama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/4459 (2013.01); G02B 6/443 (2013.01); G02B 6/4461 (2013.01);
Abstract
An optical fiber unit () includes a tube () having stretchability in the axial direction, an optical fiber () movably housed in the tube (), and a linear body () formed of a material having less stretchability than the tube (). Both ends of the linear body () are fixed to both end portions of the tube () in a state where the tube () has been previously shrunk in the axial direction.