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AssigneeHirose Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorsKinjiro Okada, Hiromasa Shiraishi, Hirokazu Yokosawa, Shinichi Takehana, Norio Kobayashi
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An apparatus for attaching an optical cable to a ferrule (F) which has a front aperture (F1) for holding an optical cable and a rear aperture (F2) for retaining an optical fiber of the optical cable, which includes a support block (1); a vertical passage (2) extending downwardly from an upper face of the support block; a sealing member (3) disposed around the vertical passage for making an airtight seal when a rear section of the ferrule is set in the vertical passage; a lateral passage (4) extending laterally from a side of the support block and communicating with the vertical passage; and a suction unit (5) connected to the lateral passage to draw a quantity of adhesive from the front aperture to the rear aperture, forming a mass of adhesive.
Apparatus for attaching an optical cable to a ferrule which has a front aperture for holding an optical cable and a rear aperture for retaining an optical fiber of said optical cable, comprising:
A method of attaching an optical fiber to a ferrule which has a front aperture for holding an optical cable and a rear aperture for retaining an optical fiber of said optical cable, comprising the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.