| US 7,547,148 B2 | ||
| Connectored optical fiber sheet and manufacturing method thereof | ||
| Shogo Ikunishi, Amagasaki (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Mitsubishi Cable Industries, Ltd., Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 17, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/778,776. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2006-196728 (JP), filed on Jul. 19, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0019645 A1, Jan. 24, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. G02B 6/36 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 385—78 [385/106; 385/129] | 5 Claims |
| 1. A connectored optical fiber sheet, comprising:
an optical fiber sheet which includes a sheet base and a plurality of optical fibers arranged over a surface of the sheet
base such that the optical fibers are fixed to the sheet base; and
a connector fitted around the optical fiber sheet,
wherein the connector has a connector connection end face which is a connection interface and a connector rear end face which
is opposite to the connector connection end face; and
the optical fiber sheet has a positioning feature which abuts on the connector rear end face, and
wherein the width of frontal part of the sheet base ahead of the positioning feature is equal to or smaller than the width
of the connector through-hole, while the width of the sheet base at the positioning feature is greater than the width of the
connector through-hole.
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