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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2010
Roger F Dangel, Zurich, CH;
Daniel S Jubin, Langnau am Albis, CH;
Tobias P Lamprecht, Berneck, CH;
Bert Jan Offrein, Schoenenberg, CH;
Roger F Dangel, Zurich, CH;
Daniel S Jubin, Langnau am Albis, CH;
Tobias P Lamprecht, Berneck, CH;
Bert Jan Offrein, Schoenenberg, CH;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and spacer for assembling flexible optical waveguide ribbons and assembled stack of such ribbons. The method includes the steps of: providing at least two optical waveguide ribbons and a spacer, which includes at least two calibrated spaces; positioning a ribbon stack in the spacer, where the ribbon stack includes the at least two optical waveguide ribbons stacked on top of each other; constraining positioned ribbon stack in one of the calibrated spaces; and fixing constrained ribbon stack in the calibrated spaces.