OPTICAL FIBER STRUCTURE, ILLUMINATION DEVICE, ENDOSCOPE, AND OPTICAL FIBER STRUCTURE MANUFACTURING METHOD

Title:

OPTICAL FIBER STRUCTURE, ILLUMINATION DEVICE, ENDOSCOPE, AND OPTICAL FIBER STRUCTURE MANUFACTURING METHOD

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2013/024822

Kind Code:

A1

Abstract:

An optical fiber structure of the present application is formed by arranging, inside a tubular resin body, a plurality of optical fiber bare wires in a circumferential direction, the optical fiber bare wires extending along the longitudinal direction of the resin body, and has a linear cut at an intermediate position in the longitudinal direction of the resin body, the linear cut reaching the inner cavity from the outer circumferential surface of the resin body and extending substantially in parallel with the bare wires.

Inventors:

HU WEI-ZHI (JP)
NAKATATE KENICHI (JP)
IIKURA HITOE (JP)
SHIRATANI HIDEO (JP)

Application Number:

PCT/JP2012/070537

Publication Date:

February 21, 2013

Filing Date:

August 10, 2012

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Assignee:

FUJIKURA LTD (JP)
HU WEI-ZHI (JP)
NAKATATE KENICHI (JP)
IIKURA HITOE (JP)
SHIRATANI HIDEO (JP)

International Classes:

G02B6/04; F21V8/00; G02B23/26; F21Y101/02

Foreign References:

JPH06186445A	1994-07-08
JPH05288935A	1993-11-05

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