Abstract: An optical fiber connector includes a connector body, two optical fibers, two lenses, and a cover. The connector body includes an optical fiber receiving member defining a recess with an open end and an optical lens member assembled in the recess. The optical lens member has a first surface and a second surface. The optical fibers are received in the optical fiber receiving member. The lenses are formed on the first surface and coupled with the respective optical fibers. The cover includes an engaging member and two shielding members. The engaging member is received in the recess. Each shielding member includes a first plate extending from the engaging member and a second plate perpendicularly extending from the first plate. The first plate covers the optical lens member, and the second plate shields the corresponding lens.

Abstract: An optical fiber hub includes an upstream interface for inputting a laser beam, an optical booster amplifier, a splitting element, and N downstream interfaces. The optical booster amplifier is optically communicated with the upstream interface, and configured for amplifying the laser beam. The splitting element is optically communicated with the optical booster amplifier, and configured for splitting the amplified laser beam into N laser beams. The N downstream interfaces are optically communicated with the splitting element. Each of the N downstream interfaces is configured for outputting one of the N laser beams, wherein N is an integer which is equal to or greater than 2.

Abstract: A backlight film includes a flexible substrate with a first electrode layer, a polymeric light emitting layer, a second electrode layer and a protection layer formed subsequently on the flexible substrate. The first electrode layer, the polymeric light emitting layer and the second electrode layer each has a predetermined pattern. The backlight film further includes an insulating layer arranged around the polymeric light emitting layer. A method and an apparatus for forming the backlight film are also provided.

Abstract: An optical fiber connector includes a number of optical fibers, a body, a number of supports and a cover. The body includes a number of lens portions at a first end thereof, a number of through holes at an opposite second end, and a recess located between the lens portions and the through holes. The through holes are in communication with the recess. The optical fibers extend through the respective through holes and terminate at the respective lens portions. The supports are formed in the recess. Each support supports and retains a portion of the corresponding optical fiber exposed in the recess. The cover is received in the recess. The cover has a number of slanted faces spatially corresponding to the respective supports. The slanted faces and the supports cooperatively securely sandwich the exposed portions of the optical fibers in the body.

Abstract: An optical connector assembly includes two optical connectors, each of which includes a transparent shell forming a blind hole and a lensed fiber integrally forming a lens at a front end thereof. The lensed fibers are inserted into the respective blind holes using the front ends and held in the respective blind holes. A distance between the lensed fibers is two times of a working distance of the lensed fibers.

Abstract: A capacitive touch panel includes a flexible substrate, a first sensing layer, a first protective film, a second sensing layer, and a second protective film. The substrate includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The first sensing layer and the first protective film are formed on the first surface. The second sensing layer and the second protective film are formed on the second surface. The first sensing layer includes a first cladding portion defining a first receiving groove and a first conductive portion received in the first receiving groove. The second sensing layer includes a second cladding portion defining a second receiving groove and a second conductive portion received in the second receiving groove.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an optical film includes: providing a template; coating an aluminum film on one surface of the template; electrolyzing the aluminum film and generating a plurality of regular microstructures on the aluminum film; providing a substrate; transferring the microstructures of the template to the substrate to form a plurality of microstructures on the substrate; and modifying the surfaces of the microstructures of the substrate to obtain a layer containing hydrophobic functional groups on the surfaces of the microstructures of the substrate.

Abstract: A roller includes a cylindrical main body and a seamless ring-shaped resin film. The main body has a circumferential surface having a plurality of teeth. The resin film is coated on the circumstance surface and has a rolling surface opposite to the main body. The resin film defines impression patterns.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an optical film includes providing a molding machine. The molding machine includes a hopper, a first cylindrical roller, a second cylindrical roller, and a UV light source. The first and second cylindrical rollers are located at two opposite sides of a narrow outlet of the hopper and positioned at substantially a same height just below the narrow outlet. Thereafter, a UV-curable material is provided into the hopper, and flows out from the narrow outlet of the hopper. The UV light source is turned on toward the UV-curable material. Furthermore, the first and second cylindrical rollers are rotated to directly press the UV-curable material when the UV-curable material is cured.

Abstract: A mold roller and a method of manufacturing the mold roller comprising heating a metal substrate which has a microstructure pattern and attaching an ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) film on the heated metal substrate. The ETFE film is pressed on the heated metal substrate and the microstructure pattern is thereby transferred and formed on a first side of the ETFE film The FIFE film with the microstructure pattern is than transferred to a circumferential surface of a core roller by a roller-to-roller process as its second side opposite to the first side attached to the circumferential surface.

Abstract: In a method for manufacturing an integral imaging device, a layer of curable adhesive is first applied on a flexible substrate and half cured such that the curable adhesive is solidified but is capable of deforming under external forces. Then the curable adhesive is printed into a lenticular lens having a predetermined shape and size using a roll-to-roll processing device and fully cured such that the curable adhesive is capable of withstanding external forces to hold the predetermined shape and size. Last, a light emitting diode display is applied on the flexible substrate opposite to the lenticular lens such that an image plane of the light emitting diode display coincides with a focal plane of the lenticular lens.

Abstract: An optical fiber connector assembly includes a plug and a socket coupled with the plug. The structure of the socket is the same as the structure of the plug. The plug includes a first positioning pole and a first positioning hole, and the socket includes a second positioning pole and a second positioning hole. The first positioning pole of the plug is received in the second positioning hole of the socket, and the second positioning pole of the socket is received in the first positioning hole.

Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing light guide plate includes a coater, a first pressing roller, a second pressing roller, and two UV lamps. The first pressing roller and the second pressing roller are positioned nearby each other and space a predetermined distance from each other. The coater distributes UV curable glue through a molding channel between the first pressing roller and the second pressing roller. The first pressing roller and the second pressing roller cooperatively press the distributed UV curable glue. Each of the first and the second pressing roller includes a hollow transparent main body and a molding core sleeving the main body. The molding core is made of resin containing fluorine. The two UV lamps are respectively received in the two main bodies and emit UV light to solidify the UV curable glue pressed between the first and the second pressing roller.

Abstract: A light guide plate mold insert includes a molding surface and a number of uniformly distributed dot-shaped recesses. The molding surface is used for forming a reflective surface of a light guide plate. The uniformly distributed dot-shaped recesses are formed in the molding surface. The molding surface includes a number of frosted regions formed by machining the molding surface using a sand-blasting process. Each of the frosted regions includes a number of dot-shaped micro recesses. A distribution density of the micro recesses are greater than that of the recesses.

Abstract: A level adjustment device includes a main body, four shaft seats, two adjusting elements, two actuating gears, and a supporting plate. The main body has a side surface and an upper surface connected to the side surface. The main body defines two slots in the side surface. Each two shaft seats are positioned at two opposite sides of a corresponding one of the slots and extend outwards from the side surface. Each of the adjusting elements includes a toothed portion and a supporting portion, the toothed portion movably received in the slot and the supporting portion protruding out of the upper surface. Each of two actuating gears is rotatably sleeved between two corresponding shaft seats and meshes with the toothed portion. The supporting plate is supported on the two adjustment elements above the upper surface.

Abstract: A surface acoustic wave touch panel includes a flexible substrate, an acoustic wave transmitting layer, an adhering layer, a piezoelectricity layer, and an electrode layer. The acoustic wave transmitting layer is made of nano-diamond and formed on the flexible substrate. The adhering layer is formed on the acoustic wave transmitting layer. The piezoelectricity layer is formed on the acoustic wave transmitting layer in an interdigitated electrode pattern. The electrode layer is formed on the piezoelectricity layer. A method of manufacturing the surface acoustic wave touch panel is also provided.

Abstract: A roller for producing optical films is disclosed. The roller includes a cylindrical main body and a micro-structured layer surrounding a circumferential surface of the main body. The microstructure layer includes a number of microstructures on its surface away from the main body. The microstructure layer is made from ethylene tetrafluoroethylene.

Abstract: An optical film includes a base plate. The base plate includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to first surface. The first surface includes a plurality of bar-type protrusions arranged parallel to each other. Each of the plurality of bar-type protrusions includes an arcuate surface and a planar surface connected to the arcuate surface. The planar surface intersects with the first surface. The second surface includes a plurality of posts. The present disclosure further provides a device for manufacturing the optical film and a method for manufacturing the optical film.

Abstract: An optoelectronic transmission device includes an optical signal source, a light detector, a solar cell unit, and a power storage unit. The reflector covers the light detector and the optical signal source. The reflector is configured to internally totally reflect first light emitted from the optical signal source to a first optical fiber and reflect a first part of the second light from a second optical fiber to the light detector and reflect a second part of the second light to the solar cell unit. The light detector receives and converts the first part of the second light into electrical signals. The solar cell unit receives and coverts the second part of the second light into electrical energy. The power storage unit is electrically connected to the solar cell unit for storing the electric energy. The power storage unit powers the light detector and the optical signal source.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a roller making system for making a roller with a plurality of microstructures. The roller making system includes a coating unit to coat molten Ethylene Tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) material onto a lateral surface of a cylindrical workpiece, to obtain a semi-finished roller with an uniform ETFE layer after the molten ETFE material is solidified, and a microstructure forming unit to machine the ETFE layer of the semi-finished roller, to form the plurality of microstructures in the ETFE layer, thereby making a finished roller with the plurality of microstructures.