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| 2H250 | OPTICAL FIBERS, OPTICAL FIBER CORES, AND OPTICAL FIBER BUNDLES | |
| G02B6/02 -6/02,426;6/02,451-6/10;6/44-6/44,346 | ||
| G02B6/02-6/02,426;6/02,451-6/10;6/44-6/44,346 | AA | AA00 MANUFACTURING METHOD OF OPTICAL FIBERS |
AA01 | AA02 | AA03 | AA04 | AA06 | AA07 | AA08 | AA09 | ||
| . Glass | . . Manufacturing method of polarization-maintaining fibers | . . . Subject matters provided with metallic layers and members | . . . Giving a twist | . . Processing after drawing | . . . Atmosphere treatment | . . . . Deuterium | . . . Heating treatment (AC25 takes precedence) | |||||
| AA11 | AA13 | AA14 | AA15 | |||||||||
| . Plastic clad | . Crystal | . . Extruding | . . Pulling-up | |||||||||
| AA21 | AA22 | AA23 | AA24 | AA25 | AA26 | AA27 | AA28 | AA29 | AA30 | |||
| . Plastic | . . Polymerization | . . . Thermal polymerization | . . . Photo-polymerization | . . . Polymerizing from the outside to the center | . . . Polymerizing from the center to the outside | . . . Rotation polymerization | . . Tube filling | . . Extruding, spinning | . . . Composite spinning | |||
| AA32 | AA33 | AA34 | AA35 | AA36 | AA37 | AA38 | AA39 | AA40 | ||||
| . . Drawing | . . Stretching | . . Heating devices, characterized by temperature | . . Application | . . Forming GI type refractive index distribution | . . . Copolymerization after diffusion of monomers | . . . Volatilization of monomers | . . . Swelling | . . . Diffusion of dopants (non-polymerizable low molecular materials) | ||||
| AA42 | AA43 | AA44 | AA45 | |||||||||
| . . Manufacturing method for reducing transmission losses | . . . Reduction of degree of crystallinity | . . . . Rapidly cooling and solidifying | . . . . Addition of low molecular materials | |||||||||
| AA51 | AA52 | AA53 | ||||||||||
| . Multi cores | . . Stacking and drawing method | . . Perforation method | ||||||||||
| AA61 | AA62 | AA63 | AA64 | AA65 | ||||||||
| . Optical fiber bundles (AA51 takes precedence) | . . Converge adhesion | . . Converge pressure molding | . . Converge and heating-stretching | . . Melt spinning | ||||||||
| AB | AB00 MATERIALS OF OPTICAL FIBERS |
AB01 | AB02 | AB03 | AB04 | AB05 | AB06 | AB07 | AB08 | AB09 | AB10 | |
| . Cores, clads | . . Glass | . . . Quartz system | . . . . Pure quartz | . . . . Containing GeO2 | . . . . Containing TiO2 | . . . . Containing Al2O3 | . . . . Containing P2O5 | . . . . Containing B2O3 | . . . . Containing fluorine | |||
| AB14 | AB15 | AB16 | AB18 | AB20 | ||||||||
| . . . . Containing transition elements (AH33 takes precedence) | . . . . Containing alkali metals | . . . . Containing alkaline earth metals | . . . . Containing other components | . . . . Containing two or more components | ||||||||
| AB23 | AB25 | AB27 | AB29 | |||||||||
| . . . Ge system | . . . Other oxides | . . . Fluorinated system | . . . Chalcogen system | |||||||||
| AB32 | AB33 | AB34 | AB35 | AB36 | AB37 | AB38 | AB39 | AB40 | ||||
| . . Plastic | . . . Acrylic resin, methacrylic resin | . . . . Fluoroalkyl group substitution | . . . Polystyrene resin (PS) | . . . Silicone resin | . . . Fluorine resin | . . . . Copolymers of different fluorine resin monomers | . . . Hydrogen removal, reduction | . . . . Deuterium substituted | ||||
| AB43 | AB44 | AB45 | AB46 | AB47 | AB48 | AB49 | AB50 | |||||
| . . . Copolymers | . . . Polymer blend | . . . Dopants, additives (non-polymerizable low molecular materials) | . . . . Refractive index adjustors | . . . . . Low refractive index dopants | . . . . . Aromatic compounds | . . . . Characterized by polymerization initiators | . . . . Scattering materials | |||||
| AB52 | AB53 | AB54 | AB55 | AB56 | AB57 | AB58 | AB60 | |||||
| . . Crystals | . . . Containing alkali metals | . . . Containing silver | . . . Containing halogen | . . . Containing thallium | . . . Characterized by single crystals | . . . Characterized by multi crystals | . . Metals | |||||
| AB61 | AB62 | AB63 | AB66 | AB70 | ||||||||
| . Stressing members | . . Containing two or more components | . . Containing B2O3 | . Jackets (excluding pure crystals) | . Numerical limitation regarding a composition ratio of materials | ||||||||
| AC | AC00 OPTICAL FIBER STRUCTURES 1 |
AC01 | AC02 | AC03 | AC04 | AC05 | AC06 | AC07 | AC08 | |||
| . End portions | . . Shapes of end surfaces | . . . Inclined surfaces | . . . Tapers, cones | . . . Wedge-shapes, pyramids | . . . Lens-shapes, curved surfaces, spherical surfaces | . . . Only core portions project | . . . Smoothed end surfaces, mirror surfaces | |||||
| AC12 | AC13 | AC14 | AC15 | AC16 | AC17 | AC18 | AC19 | AC20 | ||||
| . . Core diameter changes of end portions | . . Clad diameter changes of end portions | . . Bent end potions | . . Reflection free terminations | . . Having antireflection film | . . Characterized by combination with optical members | . . . Semiconductor laser | . . . Window materials of fiber end portions | . . . Attaching lenses at fiber tip ends | ||||
| AC22 | AC23 | AC24 | AC25 | |||||||||
| . . Forming method of end portions | . . . Etching | . . . Mechanical machining (cutting, polishing) | . . . Heating | |||||||||
| AC31 | AC32 | AC33 | AC34 | AC35 | AC37 | AC38 | ||||||
| . Structures in a longitudinal direction (AG takes precedence) | . . Core diameter changes (AC12 takes precedence) | . . Clad diameter changes (AC13 takes precedence) | . . Periodic changes in an axial direction (AG takes precedence) | . . Refractive index changes (AG takes precedence) | . . Connection of a plurality of optical fibers | . . . Dispersion management of the entire transmission paths | ||||||
| AC41 | AC42 | AC43 | AC44 | AC45 | AC46 | AC47 | AC48 | AC49 | AC50 | |||
| . Polarization-maintaining fibers | . . Having elliptical stress applying portion | . . Arranged with a stress applying portion on a side part | . . Side tunnels | . . Due to core shapes | . . . Ellipse | . . Due to asymmetry of refractive index | . . Acting as polarizers | . . Maintaining circular polarization | . . Identification of polarization directions | |||
| AC51 | AC52 | AC53 | AC55 | |||||||||
| . Having non-solid cores or clads (AF takes precedence) | . . Having liquid cores | . . Having gas or vacuum cores (AF takes precedence) | . one-point support cores | |||||||||
| AC61 | AC62 | AC63 | AC64 | AC65 | AC66 | AC67 | AC68 | AC69 | AC70 | |||
| . Multi cores | . . The number of cores 2 | . . The number of cores 3 | . . The number of cores 4 | . . The number of cores 5 | . . The number of cores 6-7 | . . The number of cores 8-16 | . . The number of cores 17-24 | . . The number of cores 25-37 | . . The number of cores 38 or more | |||
| AC72 | AC77 | AC78 | ||||||||||
| . . Coupling type/C-MC type | . . Clad outer diameter | . . . 125um | ||||||||||
| AC82 | AC83 | AC84 | AC85 | AC86 | ||||||||
| . . Core types | . . . The same cores | . . . Different cores | . . . . by geometric shapes (core diameters, core shapes, etc.) | . . . . By materials | ||||||||
| AC92 | AC93 | AC94 | AC95 | AC96 | AC97 | AC98 | ||||||
| . . Core sequences | . . . Subject matters with a core in the center | . . . Subject matters without a core in the center | . . . Square grid-shaped core arrangements other than the center | . . . Hexagonal/regular triangular grid-shaped core arrangements other than the center | . . . Annular (Square, and hexagonal/regular triangular grids take precedence) | . . . Liner | ||||||
| AD | AD00 OPTICAL FIBER STRUCTURES 2 |
AD01 | AD02 | AD03 | AD08 | |||||||
| . Multilayered cores or clads | . . Subject matters in which a refractive index at the center is not the highest | . . . Subject matters in which the highest refractive index layer is a second layer from the center | . . Subject matters having a plurality of layers different in characteristics other than a refractive index. | |||||||||
| AD12 | AD13 | AD14 | AD15 | AD17 | AD18 | AD19 | AD20 | |||||
| . . Refractive index difference arrangement from the highest refractive index layer to an external adjacent layer | . . . Having only two layers | . . . . (Negative, positive) arrays | . . . . (Negative, negative) arrays | . . . Having only three layers | . . . . (Negative, positive, negative) arrays | . . . . (Negative, negative, positive) arrays | . . . . (Negative, positive, positive) arrays | |||||
| AD23 | AD24 | AD25 | AD26 | AD27 | AD29 | |||||||
| . . . Having only four layers | . . . . (Negative, positive, negative, positive) arrays | . . . . (Negative, negative, positive, negative) arrays | . . . . (Negative, positive, positive, negative) arrays | . . . . (Negative, negative, positive, positive) arrays | . . . Having five or more layers. | |||||||
| AD31 | AD32 | AD33 | AD34 | AD35 | AD36 | AD37 | ||||||
| . Dimensions of layers | . . Description of a diameter or thickness of a layer (excluding an outer diameters of a clad) | . . Description of a diameter ratio between layers | . . Outer diameters [um] of clads (AC77 takes precedence) | . . . 120 or less | . . . 130 to less than 500 | . . . 500 or more | ||||||
| AD41 | AD42 | AD43 | AD44 | AD45 | AD46 | AD47 | ||||||
| . Refractive index distribution types | . . Curved or smoothed refractive index distributions | . . GI type | . . . Square distributions, parameters of alpha-th power distribution, and formulas | . . . . alpha parameters is other than 2 | . . . Having image focusing functions | . . Pseudo-GI type, multi-step type | ||||||
| AE | AE00 CHARACTERISTICS OF OPTICAL FIBERS |
AE01 | AE02 | AE03 | AE04 | AE05 | AE06 | |||||
| . Dispersion control fiber types | . . SMF for 1.3um zone (conventional type) | . . Dispersion-compensating fibers | . . Dispersion shift fibers | . . Dispersion flat fibers | . . Low dispersion fibers, NZ-DSF | |||||||
| AE11 | AE12 | AE13 | AE14 | AE15 | AE16 | AE17 | ||||||
| . Use wavelength zone | . . O-band (1260-1360nm) | . . E-band (1360-1460nm) | . . S-band (1460-1530nm) | . . C-band (1530-1565nm) | . . L-band (1565-1625nm) | . . U-band (1625-1675nm) | ||||||
| AE21 | AE22 | AE23 | AE24 | AE25 | AE26 | AE27 | AE28 | AE29 | ||||
| . Numerical limitation on characteristics (@1.55um) | . . Aeff [um2](or MFD[um]) | . . . Aeff<=20 (MFD<=5) | . . . 20| . . . 40 | . . . 80 | . . . 100 | . . . 150 | . . . 200 |
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| AE32 | AE33 | AE34 | AE35 | AE36 | AE37 | AE38 | AE39 | AE40 | ||||
| . . Dispersion(D)[ps/nm/km] | . . . D<=-50 | . . . -50| . . . -10 | . . . -1 | . . . 1 | . . . 5 | . . . 10 | . . . 30 | | ||||
| AE42 | AE43 | AE44 | AE45 | AE46 | AE47 | AE48 | AE49 | |||||
| . . Dispersion slope(S)[ps/nm2/km] | . . . S<=-0.3 | . . . -0.3| . . . -0.1 | . . . -0.03 | . . . 0.03 | . . . 0.1 | . . . 0.3 |
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| AE52 | AE53 | AE54 | AE55 | AE56 | AE57 | AE58 | AE60 | |||||
| . . Zero dispersion wavelength(lambda0)[nm] | . . . lambda0<=1260 | . . . 1260| . . . 1360 | . . . 1530 | . . . 1565 | . . . 1625 |
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| AE62 | AE63 | AE64 | AE65 | |||||||||
| . . Cut-off wavelength(lambdac)[nm] | . . . lambdac<=1400 | . . . 1400| . . . 1600 |
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| AE71 | AE72 | AE73 | AE74 | AE75 | AE76 | AE77 | AE78 | AE79 | ||||
| . Multimode | . . Few modes | . . 2 modes | . . 3 modes | . . 4 modes | . . 5 modes | . . 6-10 modes | . . 11-20 modes | . . 21 or more modes | ||||
| AF | AF00 PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS |
AF01 | AF02 | AF03 | AF04 | AF05 | ||||||
| . Types (waveguide principal) | . . Holy type (total reflection) | . . . Pore addition type (core high refractive index material) | . . Photonic bandgap type | . . . Bragg fibers (PC elements are cylindrical) | ||||||||
| AF11 | AF12 | AF13 | AF14 | AF15 | AF16 | AF17 | ||||||
| . Purposes (AH is also given appropriately) | . . Transmission loss reduction | . . Dispersion control | . . . Increasing dispersion to +side | . . . Increasing dispersion to -side (dispersion-compensating, etc.) | . . . Zero wavelengths | . . Expansion of single mode wavelength areas | ||||||
| AF21 | AF22 | AF23 | AF24 | AF25 | AF27 | AF28 | AF29 | AF30 | ||||
| . Materials (AB is given appropriately) | . . Photonic crystal (PC) elements | . . . Pores | . . . . Characterized by filling gas materials | . . . Solid, liquid | . . Cores | . . . Pores | . . . Solid, liquid | . . . . High refractive index materials | ||||
| AF31 | AF32 | AF33 | AF34 | AF35 | AF36 | AF37 | AF38 | AF39 | AF40 | |||
| . Structures | . . Having a small number (about 10 or less) of PC elements (pores) | . . Having plural types of PC elements (pores) | . . Characterized by PC elements (pores) | . . . Elliptical | . . . Polygonal | . . Characterized by the arrangement of PC elements (pores) | . . . Having no rotational symmetry of 3 times or more | . . Characterized in refractive index distribution of cores | . . Changes in a longitudinal direction | |||
| AF42 | AF43 | AF44 | AF46 | AF47 | ||||||||
| . . End portions | . . . Pore sealing at an end portion | . . . Characterized by coupling with optical members | . . Overclad, jacket | . . Structures for preventing contaminations | ||||||||
| AF51 | AF52 | AF53 | AF54 | AF55 | AF56 | AF57 | AF58 | AF59 | AF60 | |||
| . Manufacturing method | . . Formation of bores | . . . Bundling capillaries | . . . Drilling | . . . Dissolution of materials | . . Drawing | . . . Characterized by the use of gas during drawing | . . Contamination prevention | . . Array accuracy improvement | . . Extrusion | |||
| AG | AG00 FIBER GRATING |
AG01 | AG02 | AG03 | AG04 | AG05 | AG06 | AG07 | ||||
| . Type refractive index variation | . . Bragg grating | . . Long term grating | . . Chirp type (a cycle changes in a longitudinal direction) | . . Apodization type (amplitude changes in a longitudinal direction) | . . Sampled type (amplitude periodically changes) | . . Blazed type, slant type (inclination) | ||||||
| AG11 | AG12 | AG13 | AG14 | AG15 | AG16 | AG17 | AG18 | |||||
| . Applications | . . Wavelength selections (add/drop) | . . Dispersion compensating | . . Filters | . . . Gain equalization | . . Mode coupling | . . Wavelength stabilization of light source, resonance structures | . . Sensors | |||||
| AG21 | AG22 | AG23 | AG24 | AG25 | AG27 | AG28 | ||||||
| . Purposes, characteristics | . . Temperature compensation, temperature independence | . . Polarization independence | . . Side-lobe reduction | . . Expansion of a preventive wavelength region | . . Reflection of specific wavelength light | . . Radiation of specific wavelength light | ||||||
| AG31 | AG32 | AG33 | AG34 | AG35 | AG36 | AG37 | AG38 | AG39 | ||||
| . Structures | . . Characterized by grating forming places | . . . End portions of fibers | . . . Core expanding portions | . . . Fiber couplers | . . . Formed on a part other than a center core | . . Characterized by refractive index profiles | . . Changing diameters | . . Connecting a plurality of gratings in series | ||||
| AG42 | AG43 | AG44 | ||||||||||
| . . Variable control | . . . Due to temperature (heating/cooling) | . . . Due to power (applying tension and the like) | ||||||||||
| AG51 | AG52 | AG53 | AG54 | AG55 | AG56 | AG57 | AG58 | AG59 | AG60 | |||
| . Protection, fixing | . . Substrates | . . Pedestals, jigs | . . Packages | . . Coating (BA-BD are also given) | . . Fixing while applying force on fibers | . . Thermal expansion coefficients of protection, fixing members | . . . Positive | . . . 0 | . . . Negative | |||
| AG61 | AG62 | AG63 | AG64 | AG65 | AG66 | AG67 | AG68 | AG70 | ||||
| . Manufacturing method, manufacturing device | . . Light irradiation through a mask | . . . Phase masks | . . . Amplitude masks | . . Two-beam interference, holographic | . . Scanning of local irradiation beams | . . . Picosecond, femtosecond laser | . . Irradiation light sources other than laser | . . Local heating | ||||
| AG72 | AG73 | AG74 | AG76 | AG77 | AG78 | AG79 | AG80 | |||||
| . . Forming grating while coating | . . Forming gratings by applying tension | . . Monitoring | . . Pretreatment for grating formation | . . . Hydrogen addition | . . . Characterized by coating removal | . . Posttreatment of grating formation | . . . Annealing | |||||
| AH | AH00 FUNCTIONS, PURPOSES OF OPTICAL FIBERS |
AH01 | AH02 | AH03 | AH04 | AH05 | AH07 | AH08 | AH09 | |||
| . Physical, mechanical functions and purposes | . . Improvement of heat resistance, flame retardant | . . Control of thermal expansion (AG22, 43 take precedence) | . . Moisture resistance, chemical resistance | . . Radiation, radiation resistance | . . Improvement of mechanical strength | . . Improvement of flexibility, flex resistance | . . Reduction in diameter | |||||
| AH11 | AH12 | AH13 | AH14 | AH15 | AH16 | AH17 | AH18 | AH19 | ||||
| . Optical functions, purposes | . . Expansion of effective core cross-sections (Aeff) | . . Contraction of effective core cross-sections (Aeff) | . . Nonlinear effect suppression | . . highly nonlinear properties | . . Reduction of polarization mode dispersion | . . Disperse slope compensation | . . Dispersion reduction | . . Dispersion flattening, dispersion slope reduction | ||||
| AH22 | AH23 | AH24 | AH25 | AH27 | AH29 | |||||||
| . . Bending loss reduction | . . Widening bandwidth | . . Increase of the number of apertures | . . Expansion of use wavelength region | . . Light absorption, stray lights, crosstalk prevention | . . Transmittance recovery | |||||||
| AH31 | AH32 | AH33 | AH34 | AH35 | AH36 | AH37 | AH38 | AH39 | AH40 | |||
| . Purposes | . . Optical amplification fibers | . . . Rare earth addition types | . . . For raman amplification | . . For WDM | . . For wiring, for FTTH | . . Side surface light leak types | . . For detection (AG18 takes precedence) | . . . Liquid detection | . . . Disconnection detection | |||
| AH42 | AH43 | AH44 | AH45 | AH46 | AH47 | AH50 | ||||||
| . . For power transmission | . . . Cooling | . . Infrared transmission | . . Optical soliton transmission | . . For mode multiplex (excluding polarization multiplex) | . Connection-facilitating with optical fibers, low connection losses | . Numerical limitation, formulas (other terms take precedence) | ||||||
| BA | BA00 MANUFACTURE OF CORES |
BA01 | BA02 | BA03 | BA04 | BA05 | BA06 | |||||
| . Coating method | . . Extrusion | . . Application | . . Evaporation | . . Pipe coating | . . Recoating | |||||||
| BA11 | BA12 | BA13 | BA14 | BA15 | BA16 | BA17 | BA18 | BA19 | BA20 | |||
| . Purposes | . . Uniformizing | . . Speed increase | . . Stress strain suppression | . . Screening | . . Thermal treatment | . . Curing of resin | . . . Ultraviolet curing | . . . Thermosetting | . . Removal of hydrogen gas | |||
| BA21 | BA22 | BA23 | BA24 | BA25 | ||||||||
| . Devices for manufacturing | . . Coating devices | . . . Characterized by dies | . . . Characterized by winding devices | . . Ultraviolet curing devices | ||||||||
| BA31 | BA32 | BA33 | BA34 | BA35 | BA36 | BA37 | ||||||
| . Coating objects | . . Glass fibers | . . Plastic clad fibers | . . Plastic fibers | . . Crystal fibers | . . Fiber gratings | . . Fusion-spliced parts | ||||||
| BB | BB00 COATING MATERIALS OF CORES |
BB01 | BB02 | BB03 | BB04 | BB05 | BB06 | BB07 | BB08 | BB09 | BB10 | |
| . Materials | . . Resins | . . . Polyamide (nylon) | . . . Silicone resin | . . . Epoxy resin | . . . Polyimide | . . . Acrylic resin, methacrylic resin | . . . Fluorine resin | . . . Polyolefin | . . . . Polyethylene | |||
| BB13 | BB14 | BB15 | BB16 | BB17 | BB18 | BB19 | BB20 | |||||
| . . . Polyester | . . . Polyurethane | . . . Vinyl | . . . Crystal polymers | . . . Other reins | . . . Copolymers | . . . Containing additives | . . . Fiber-reinforced plastics (FRP) | |||||
| BB22 | BB26 | |||||||||||
| . . Glass | . . Metals | |||||||||||
| BB31 | BB32 | BB33 | BB34 | BB35 | BB36 | BB37 | BB38 | BB39 | ||||
| . Properties | . . Thermosetting | . . Photocurable | . . Electron ray-curable | . . Thermoplastic | . . Liquid crystal polymers | . . Foam layers | . . Cushioning layers | . . Peeling layers | ||||
| BC | BC00 CORE STRUCTURES |
BC01 | BC02 | BC03 | BC04 | BC05 | ||||||
| . Coating layer structures | . . 2 layers | . . 3 layers | . . 4 layers | . . 5 or more layers | ||||||||
| BC11 | BC12 | BC13 | BC14 | BC15 | BC16 | BC17 | BC18 | BC19 | BC20 | |||
| . Pipe coatings | . . Having intervening objects | . . . Gas | . . . Liquid | . . . Powder | . . . Plates | . . . Linear bodies | . . . Fibers | . Coating with embedded reinforcement lines | . . Drop cables | |||
| BD | BD00 FUNCTIONS, PURPOSES OF CORES |
BD01 | BD02 | BD03 | BD04 | BD05 | BD06 | BD07 | BD08 | BD09 | BD10 | |
| . Stray light prevention | . Identification | . Heat resistance, flame retardant | . Radiation resistance | . Waterproof | . Chemical resistance | . Adhesiveness, non-sealable property | . Characterized by surface friction | . Application of stress | . Easing of stress | |||
| BD11 | BD12 | BD13 | BD14 | BD16 | BD17 | BD18 | BD19 | BD20 | ||||
| . Reduction in coating thickness, reduction in diameter | . Transmission loss reduction | . Reinforcement | . Used for optical fiber tapes | . Numerical limitation | . . Young's modulus, modulus | . . Coating thickness, coating outer diameters | . . Thermal expansion coefficient | . . Composition ratio of coating materials | ||||
| BD21 | BD22 | BD23 | BD24 | BD25 | BD26 | |||||||
| . Problem of internal wiring | . . Appearance | . . Fixing method | . . Preventing damages | . . Bent wiring | . . Accident prevention | |||||||
| CA | CA00 OPTICAL FIBER BUNDLE STRUCTURES |
CA01 | CA02 | CA03 | CA05 | CA06 | CA08 | CA09 | CA10 | |||
| . Bundle cross section structures | . . Integral | . . Non-integral | . . Having a line-shape | . . . Refractive index distribution light guide body arrays | . . Having an intervening object between element fibers | . . . Absorption or shades | . . . Conductors | |||||
| CA11 | CA13 | CA14 | CA15 | |||||||||
| . . . Lubricants | . . Having a mixture of multiple types of element fibers | . . . For lighting and for detection or reading | . . . Different in diameter or shape | |||||||||
| CA21 | CA22 | CA23 | CA24 | CA26 | CA28 | |||||||
| . Bundle longitudinal direction structures | . . Having twisting or spiral portions | . . . Giving flexibility or elastic property | . . . Giving optical effects | . . Organized one | . . Having light leak portions, reflection portions | |||||||
| CA31 | CA32 | CA33 | CA34 | CA35 | CA36 | CA37 | CA39 | |||||
| . Structures in which the shape or arrangement of an inlet and an outlet are different. | . . Expansion or contraction | . . Pattern conversion, pattern generation | . . Circle one straight lines | . . . The same straight lines | . . Reordering, image decomposition | . . Random correspondence | . . Branching or merging | |||||
| CA41 | CA42 | CA43 | CA45 | CA46 | CA47 | CA48 | CA49 | CA50 | ||||
| . End portion structures | . . Fixing, supporting | . . Fixed portion root | . . Optical structures | . . . Having curved bundle end surfaces | . . . Having inclined bundle end surfaces | . . . Having optical acting portions at tip ends of elements | . . . Having tip ends of elements that are not parallel with each other | . . . Removing or modifying clads at tip ends | ||||
| CA51 | ||||||||||||
| . . . Having masks or shielding portions. | ||||||||||||
| CA61 | CA62 | CA63 | CA64 | CA65 | CA67 | CA68 | CA69 | |||||
| . Protection structures | . . Skin, coating | . . Heat resistance, cooling | . . Radiation resistance, devitrification recovery | . . End surface protection | . Connection structures | . . Bundles each other | . . Bundles and light sources or light receivers | |||||
| CB | CB00 FUNCTIONS OF OPTICAL FIBER BUNDLES |
CB01 | CB02 | CB04 | CB06 | CB08 | CB10 | |||||
| . Image deterioration prevention | . . Using vibrations | . Image deformation, correction | . Image plane deformation, correction | . Uniformizing lighting or light reception, distribution correction | . Lighting of linear or annular areas | |||||||
| CB12 | ||||||||||||
| . Infrared or power transmission | ||||||||||||
| CC | CC00 MANUFACTURING METHOD OF OPTICAL FIBER BUNDLES |
CC07 | CC08 | CC09 | CC10 | |||||||
| . Manufacturing method of non-integral bundles | . . Focusing, bundling | . . Winding method | . . Elution method | |||||||||
| CC12 | CC13 | CC14 | CC15 | CC16 | CC18 | |||||||
| . Aligning method | . . Sequential parallel position, stacked alignment | . . Sequential parallel position by guide grooves, guide pins | . . Simultaneous passage alignment to rollers, openings. And comb teeth | . . Parallel arrangement of unit fiber bundles | . . Alignment by vibrations or fluid | |||||||
| CC21 | CC23 | CC25 | CC28 | |||||||||
| . Manufacturing method of sheet-shaped bundles | . Manufacturing method of subject matters in which shapes and arrangements of an inlet and an outlet are different. | . Manufacturing method that does not rely on focusing of element fibers | . Manufacturing method of end portions | |||||||||
| CD | CD00 APPLICATION OF OPTICAL FIBER BUNDLES |
CD01 | CD02 | CD03 | CD05 | CD06 | CD07 | CD09 | CD10 | |||
| . Observation devices, monitoring devices, fiberscopes | . . Through eyepieces | . . Through screens or photoelectric conversion devices | . Copying machines, camera, projector | . . For slit exposure | . . Screens, focusing screens | . Reading, detection, measurement, recording, facsimiles | . . For scanning devices | |||||
| CD11 | CD13 | CD14 | CD16 | CD18 | CD20 | |||||||
| . . For light emitting element or light receiving element array | . Indications, displays, decorations | . . Variable, movable one | . Face plates, televisions | . Medical equipment (excluding endoscopes) | . Solar power equipment | |||||||
| CD22 | ||||||||||||
| . Light signal transmission, optical communications | ||||||||||||
| CZ | CZ00 OPTICAL FIBER BUNDLES, OTHERS |
CZ01 | CZ02 | CZ04 | CZ05 | CZ07 | CZ08 | CZ09 | ||||
| . Special element fibers or light guides | . . Refractive index distribution light guides | . . Waveguide type light guides | . . Having cross-sections that are not circular or regular polygonal | . Fiber materials other than multi-component glass | . . Plastic | . . Silica glass | ||||||
| CZ11 | CZ13 | CZ15 | ||||||||||
| . Auxiliary optical system of a device using a bundle | . Handling of bundles, operation auxiliary means | . Inspection, measurement of bundles |