Ferrule manufacture method and ferrule
OwnerKatsuki Suematsu, Yasushi Kiharainventors
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Abstract
A ferrule manufacture method for molding, with a die, a ferrule having pin holes each for inserting a guide pin therethrough; a plurality of fiber holes provided between the pin holes each for inserting an optical fiber therethrough, and an inlet port for introducing optical fibers therein, in which the optical fibers are adhered and fixed to the fiber holes with adhesive injected from the inlet port, and the ferrule. A plurality of pins for forming a plurality of fiber holes are held by a holding member, and a support member for supporting the guide pins or the holding member is located in the molding process within the die between positions corresponding to a front end face and a rear end face of the ferrule to be molded.
Claims11
A ferrule manufacture method for molding, with a die, a ferrule having pin holes each for inserting a guide pin therethrough:
- a plurality of fiber holes provided between said pin holes each for inserting an optical fiber therethrough;
- and an inlet port communicated to said plurality of fiber holes into which said optical fiber is introduced, said optical fiber adhered and fixed to said fiber hole with adhesive injected from said inlet port,
- wherein a plurality of pins for forming said plurality of optical fiber holes are held by a holding member, a support member for supporting said pins or said holding member is arranged between positions corresponding to a front end face and a rear end face of said ferrule to be molded, and said holding member is positioned within said die in the molding step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.