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Optical fiber cutter

Granted 16 Dec 2025 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Sumitomo Electric Optifrontier Co., Ltd. · originally Sumitomo Electric Lightwave Corp.

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Inventors: Yoshinobu Toda, Shinsuke Kurino, Kazufumi Joko · Examiner: Deanna L Pratt · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/875,759
filed 10 May 2023
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US D1105876
granted 16 Dec 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 cutter of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a front, top plan and left side perspective view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a front, top plan and right side perspective view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a front, bottom plan and left side perspective view thereof;

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional front, top plan and left side perspective view along the line 10 - 10 in FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional front, bottom plan and left side perspective view along the line 11 - 11 in FIG. 1 .

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D08/51

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USthis patentUS-D1105876-SS116 Dec 202510 May 2023grantedOptical fiber cutter
JPJP-1748784-SS18 Jul 202315 Nov 2022granted光ファイバ切断機ja

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