IP Library Granted Patent US 12,678,987
Granted Patent B2
US 12,678,987 · App. 18/555,945 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Optical fiber cutting device

Inventor: Shinsuke Kurino (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Optifrontier Co., Ltd.
B26D1/143B26D3/16B26F3/00B26F3/002G02B6/25
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,678,987
App. No.
18/555,945
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided an optical fiber cutting device that cuts an optical fiber, the device including: a main body; a lid body; a first connecting portion that rotatably connects the lid body to the main body; a moving portion including a blade portion for scratching the optical fiber and attached to the main body to be movable between a first position and a second position; and a second connecting portion that connects the lid body and the moving portion, in which the blade portion is configured to scratch the optical fiber while the moving portion moves from the first position to the second position, and as the lid body rotates in a direction away from the main body, the moving portion moves from the second position to the first position via the second connecting portion.

Claims (27)

1 . An optical fiber cutting device that cuts an optical fiber, the device comprising:

a main body;

a lid body;

a first connecting portion that rotatably connects the lid body to the main body;

a moving portion including a blade portion for scratching the optical fiber and attached to the main body to be movable between a first position and a second position; and

a second connecting portion including two link arms that rotatably connect the lid body and the moving portion, wherein

the blade portion is configured to scratch the optical fiber while the moving portion moves from the first position to the second position, and

as the lid body rotates in a direction away from the main body, the moving portion moves from the second position to the first position via the second connecting portion.

2 . The optical fiber cutting device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first connecting portion includes a first spring that biases the lid body to rotate in a direction away from the main body.

3 . An optical fiber cutting device that cuts an optical fiber, the device comprising:

a main body;

a lid body;

a first connecting portion that rotatably connects the lid body to the main body;

a moving portion including a blade portion for scratching the optical fiber and attached to the main body to be movable between a first position and a second position;

a second connecting portion that connects the lid body and the moving portion;

a second spring biasing the moving portion to move from the first position to the second position; and

a lock mechanism that locks the second spring in a compressed state, wherein

the blade portion is configured to scratch the optical fiber while the moving portion moves from the first position to the second position,

as the lid body rotates in a direction away from the main body, the moving portion moves from the second position to the first position via the second connecting portion, wherein

the lid body includes a releasing portion that acts on the lock mechanism to release the lock when the lid body is closed, and

when the moving portion moves from the second position to the first position via the second connecting portion, the moving portion compresses the second spring, and the lock mechanism locks the second spring in a compressed state.

4 . The optical fiber cutting device according to claim 3 , wherein

the lock mechanism has a seesaw structure,

the moving portion includes an engagement groove that engages with a projection provided at a first end portion of the seesaw structure,

the second spring is locked in a compressed state by engaging the projection with the engagement groove when the moving portion is in the first position, and

when the lid body is closed, the projection and the engagement groove are disengaged by pushing a second end portion on a side opposite to a first end portion of the seesaw structure with the releasing portion.