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Optical component connected to an array of optical fibers

US5528713A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 15, 1995
Grant dateJun 18, 1996
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Expiry dateMay 15, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/30
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The fibers are connected to the component by adhesive means comprising a plurality of drops (11.sub.i, 12.sub.i) of an adhesive product, each of them fixing to the component between 1 and (N-1) adjacent fibers of the array, each of these drops being non-contiguous with at least one other of these drops, and at least one of the drops being longitudinally and laterally offset with respect to at least one other drop of the plurality.

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