Patents by Inventor Ritsu Kawase

Ritsu Kawase has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20020054739
    Abstract: An optical interconnection apparatus comprises an adhesive layer having a 2-dimensional plane, and optical fibers secured on the adhesive layer. The optical fibers are routed on the adhesive layer so as to have at least one of an intersection portion, a bent portion, and a changing portion of fiber pitch, and to have a end portion outwardly projecting from the adhesive layer. The projecting end portion is used for optical interconnection. At least a portion of the circumferential edge surface of the adhesive layer is covered by a flame resistant material at an end of the optical fiber and in the vicinity thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2001
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Inventors: Ritsu Kawase, Kyouichi Sasaki, Tatsushi Kobayashi, Takashi Yoshida, Mamoru Hirayama