Optical waveguides – Accessories – External retainer/clamp
Patent
1993-04-30
1994-06-21
Gonzalez, Frank
Optical waveguides
Accessories
External retainer/clamp
385 81, 385137, G02B 626
Patent
active
053234812
ABSTRACT:
An optical fiber clamp, having a plurality of V-shaped grooves, stores coated optical fibers in the respective V-shaped grooves. The coated optical fibers are held by a pressing force of the clamp. A cushion portion, having an abrasion-resistant smooth film layer, is provided on the side of an optical fiber pressing surface of the clamp. The cushion portion applies a constant pressure to the optical fibers through the abrasion-resistant smooth film layer and absorbs any differences in the outer diameters and other dimensional peculiarities of the optical fibers. Thus, the optical fibers in the V-shaped grooves can be arranged and held uniformly, so that a batch fusion and connection can be performed on a multicore fiber with a minimum loss of connection. The optical fiber clamp minimizes axial displacements of respective optical fibers.
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Tokumaru Yuzo
Yanagi Toru
Gonzalez Frank
Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.
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