Patent ID: 7206483
Filing Date: 2007-04-17
Classification: G02B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of forming a plurality of optical waveguide bundles, the method comprising: (a) arranging a plurality of optical waveguides in a substantially coplanar configuration; (b) constraining a distal portion of the plurality of optical waveguides with an initial distal constraint; (c) pulling the constrained plurality of optical waveguides to a subsequent length, wherein the subsequent length comprises a first bundle length and a second bundle length; (d) clustering a middle portion of the plurality of optical waveguides, wherein the middle portion retains the substantially coplanar configuration; (e) constraining the middle portion with a middle constraint; (f) constraining a proximal portion of the plurality of optical waveguides with a proximal constraint; (g) pulling the constrained plurality of optical waveguides again a further length; (h) separating the constrained plurality of optical waveguides pulled to the further length at approximately the middle portion of the middle constraint; and (i) splitting the proximal constraint to form a first optical waveguide bundle and a second optical waveguide bundle, wherein approximately a first half of the proximal constraint forms a subsequent distal constraint for a subsequent plurality of optical waveguides.