Patent ID: 6778754
Filing Date: 2004-08-17
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
An optical fiber wiring apparatus for wiring substrate, comprising:a wheel-less wiring head which guides an optical fiber to a lead end thereof along a guide groove through which the optical fiber slides into position on the wiring substrate, the guide groove extending partially along a length of the wiring head and formatting an optical fiber path; an optical fiber feed means which feeds said optical fiber during the wiring operation into said optical fiber path of said wiring head; an optical fiber contact means, which brings an optical fiber, which has been guided to said lead end of said wiring head via said optical fiber path, and said wiring substrate into contact, wherein the optical fiber contacting the means includes an optical fiber pressing means for pressing said optical fiber against said wiring substrate with a predetermined pressure; an XY movement means, which moves said wiring substrate and said wiring head relative to one anther in the X and Y directions in the state in which said optical fiber at said lead end of said wiring head has been placed in contact with said wiring substrate by said optical fiber contact means; and an optical fiber affixing means, which successively affixes, to said wiring substrate, said optical fiber which has been brought into contact with said wiring substrate during movement by said XY movement means, wherein in the wheel-less wiring head, a pressure groove connected to said guide groove is formed with a radius of curvature larger than the radius of curvature at which said optical fiber breaks, so as to support the optical fiber in a state in which it is bent by a fixed amount and is pressed onto said wiring substrate.