US 6,981,802 B2 | ||
Connection structure of optical fiber and process for connecting optical fibers | ||
Kyoichi Sasaki, Shizuoka (Japan); Ritsu Kawase, Shizuoka (Japan); Masayoshi Suzuki, Shizuoka (Japan); and Tatsushi Kobayashi, Shizuoka (Japan) | ||
Assigned to Tomoegawa Paper Co., Ltd., Tokyo (Japan) | ||
Filed on Nov. 05, 2002, as Appl. No. 10/287,635. | ||
Claims priority of application No. 2001-349610 (JP), filed on Nov. 15, 2001; application No. 2002-053484 (JP), filed on Feb. 28, 2002; and application No. 2002-266587 (JP), filed on Sep. 12, 2002. | ||
Prior Publication US 2003/0091294 A1, May 15, 2003 | ||
Int. Cl. G02B 6/38 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 385—60 | 7 Claims |
1. A process for connecting optical fibers, comprising the steps of inserting optical fibers into respective through-holes of a pair of connecting members composed of 2 connecting members each having one through-hole or a plurality of pairs of the connecting members so as to locate an end surface of each optical fiber at an outlet of the through-hole or in the vicinity of the outlet, placing a pair or a plurality of pairs of the connecting members with the optical fibers inserted into the respective through-holes on an aligning member so as to bring the end surfaces of each pair of the 2 connecting members face to face with each other, holding and fixing a pair or a plurality of pairs of the connecting members brought face to face with each other by the aligning member and a fixing member, and then sliding the aligning member and the fixing member in a direction of the center axis of the optical fibers to connect the optical fibers within the through-hole(s) of one connecting member(s). |