Patent ID: 8485738

Claim:
A optical fiber connector, comprising: a form having a curved surface wherein a first end of the curved surface is parallel to a bottom surface of the form and a tangent to the curved surface at the first end is perpendicular to the bottom surface; a first plurality of active optical fibers positioned along the curved surface of the form in a side-by side arrangement with tips of each of the first plurality of optical fibers adjacent to the first end of the curved surface and where the ends of each of the first plurality of active optical fibers have been stripped down to cladding and where the cladding of each of the first plurality of active optical fibers contacts the cladding of the adjacent active optical fiber thereby spacing the tips of the first plurality of active optical fibers by a distance that equals an outer diameter of the cladding; an inner cover having an inside curved surface on a first side configured to mate with the curved surface of the form, where the inner cover is attached to form thereby capturing the first plurality of active optical fibers between the curved surface of the form and the inside curved surface of inner cover.