Patent ID: 6275642
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: G02B,H01R

Abstract:
A device for accurately positioning the ends of optical fibers in a bundle, the device comprising an elongate one-piece solid body in which a slot is formed that passes right through the body in a length direction, a section of said slot in planes perpendicular to the length direction being a closed curve having a first side and a second side that extend substantially parallel to each other, at least one of said sides being an undulating wave-like shape in the form of alternating peaks and troughs, each trough and a facing portion of the other side defining spaces configured to receive an optical fiber with little clearance, the peaks and a facing portion of the other side defining spaces not configured to receive respective fibers wherein the second side of a right section of the slot is also constituted by alternating peaks and troughs in which the troughs of the first side are in register with the peaks of the second side, the space corresponding to a trough in the second side being configured to receive a fiber while the space corresponding to a peak in the second side is not configured to receive a fiber.