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Optical fiber fusion splicer

Granted 9 Sep 2025 · no office action yet

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29/833,854
filed 7 Apr 2022
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US D1092581
granted 9 Sep 2025

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front view of an…

FIG. 1 is a front view of an optical fiber fusion splicer of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view thereof;

FIG. 8 is an enlarged view thereof defined by the lines 8 - 8 and 8 ′- 8 ′ in FIG. 3 ;

FIG. 9 is an enlarged view thereof defined by the lines 9 - 9 and 9 ′- 9 ′ in FIG. 7 ;

FIG. 10 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line 10 - 10 of FIG. 8 of the portion defined by the line 10 ′- 10 ′ of FIG. 6 ;

FIG. 11 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line 11 - 11 of FIG. 8 of the portion defined by the lines 10 - 10 of FIGS. 8 and 11 ′- 11 ′ of FIG. 6 ;

FIG. 12 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line 12 - 12 of FIG. 8 of the portion defined by the line 12 ′- 12 ′ of FIG. 6 ;

FIG. 13 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line 13 - 13 of FIG. 8 of the portion defined by the lines 10 - 10 of FIGS. 8 and 13 ′- 13 ′ of FIG. 6 ;

FIG. 14 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line 14 - 14 of FIG. 8 of the portion defined by the line 14 ′- 14 ′ of FIG. 6 ; and,

FIG. 15 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line 15 - 15 of FIG. 8 of the portion defined by the lines 10 - 10 of FIGS. 8 and 15 ′- 15 ′ of FIG. 6 .

The broken lines show portions of an optical fiber fusion splicer that form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D15/144

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USthis patentUS-D1092581-SS19 Sep 20257 Apr 2022grantedOptical fiber fusion splicer
JPJP-1711675-SS4 Apr 202215 Oct 2021granted光ファイバ融着接続機ja

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