A cable connection structure for fiber optic hardware connection is provided. In one example, a cable connection structure includes at least one connector set including a plurality of fiber optic connectors. Each of the fiber optic connectors has a corresponding connecting cable coupled thereto. A cable sorter has a first end connected to the connecting cable. A ribbon cable is connected to a second end of the cable sorter through a fiber cable clamp.

A fusion splicer is disclosed. The fusion splicer includes a fusion splicing unit that fusion splices of optical fibers, a communication unit that communicates through wireless connection with an external terminal, and a setting unit that sets a fusion condition of the fusion splicing unit. The communication unit acquires information related to the fusion condition of the fusion splicing unit from the external terminal. The setting unit sets the fusion condition of the fusion splicing unit based on the acquired information related to the fusion condition. The fusion splicing unit fusion splices in accordance with the fusion condition set by the setting unit.

A fusion splicing apparatus fusion-splices end faces 1a and 3a of a pair of optical fibers 1 and 3 to each other. The apparatus includes a mirror shaft 21 provided with a mirror 23 that is arranged between the end faces 1a and 3a of the pair of optical fibers 1 and 3 that are faced toward and spaced away from each other and is movable between a first position to reflect an image of the end face 1a and a second position to reflect an image of the end face 3a, a first camera 25 that takes the image of the end face 1a reflected in the first position, and a second camera 27 that takes the image of the end face 3a reflected in the second position.

The present invention relates to a stacked optical fiber storage compartment formed to receive optical fibers, facilitate the connection of optical fibers and optical jumper cords, and facilitate the arranging and grouping of optical fibers. The stacked optical fiber storage compartment according to the present invention comprises: a compartment body including a main body portion having a receiving space and an open upper portion, and an opening and closing cover pivotably coupled on the main body portion to open and close the open upper portion of the main body portion; and an optical fiber connecting unit installed on the main body portion to receive and connect the respective optical fibers withdrawn from each of the tubes for optical cables extending into the compartment body. The optical fiber connecting unit comprises: a support plate mounted on the main body portion; connecting tube storing trays pivotably coupled through a hinge shaft to the support plate, and having optical connecting tube storing portions for connecting optical fibers; first and second keeping trays disposed at both sides of the respective connecting tube storing trays and including first and second keeping receiving portions that keep optical fibers or optical jump fibers and support same; and an optical fiber connecting unit installed on the support plate, and having an optical jump fiber when an optical fiber supported on the first keeping tray or the second keeping tray is jumped to a connecting tube storing tray from among the tube storing trays.

An optical fiber holder for holding an optical fiber includes a holder body part on which a first optical fiber and a second optical fiber having a different outer diameter are mountable, a lid body which is disposed to the holder body part, and a fiber posture correction block which is provided on the lid body on a side close to a terminal processing part of the first optical fiber and the second optical fiber. The holder body part includes a first regulating part at an end part thereof on a terminal processing part side, and the first regulating part regulates movement of a first glass fiber of the first optical fiber and a second glass fiber of the second optical fiber. The fiber posture correction block includes a contact part to contact the second optical fiber at an end part thereof on the terminal processing part side.

A parallel position manipulator includes a top plate, a baseplate and a plurality of prismatic joint actuators. Each actuator includes an actuator joint having five Degrees of Freedom (DOF) at either the base plate or the top plate. When one or more of the actuators extends or contracts, the pivot points, or five DOF actuator joint, of the remaining actuators are allowed to shift in any axis other than that actuator's primary axis of motion.

An optical-fiber ribbon includes optical fibers (e.g., reduced-diameter optical fibers) arranged in parallel within optical-fiber units, wherein at least one adjacent pair of optical-fiber units is separated by a longitudinal adhesive-free spacing for a portion of the optical-fiber ribbon's length. Typically, each adjacent pair of optical-fiber units is separated by an adhesive-free spacing for a respective portion of the optical-fiber assembly's longitudinal length. In an exemplary embodiment, longitudinal adhesive-free spacings effectively increase the width of an optical-fiber ribbon formed of reduced-diameter optical fibers so that the optical-fiber ribbon achieves a more conventional optical-fiber ribbon width, thereby facilitating mass-fusion splicing using standard splicing equipment.

This intermittent connection-type optical fiber tape core is configured in a manner such that in a state where a plurality of optical fiber cores are arranged in parallel in a direction perpendicular to the lengthwise direction of said plurality of optical fiber cores, some or all of the intervals between the plurality of optical fiber cores are intermittently provided in the lengthwise direction with connected sections where the intervals between adjacent optical fiber cores are connected and non-connected sections where the intervals between adjacent optical fiber cores are not connected. The outer diameter of each of the plurality of optical fiber cores is 160-220 μm, inclusive. The catenary amount of the tip end of the intermittent connection-type optical fiber tape core projecting from the held location is 0.1-2 mm, inclusive, in a given state.

A mounting system (700/900) for locking two pieces of telecommunications equipment (610/810) to prevent relative sliding therebetween and relative separation therebetween in a direction generally perpendicular to the direction of the relative sliding includes a first locking feature (701/901) defined by a stud (702/902) with a stem portion (708/908) and a flange portion (710/910) having a larger profile than the stem portion (708/908) and a second locking feature (703/903) defined by a slot (704/904) with a receiver portion (712/912) and a retention portion (714/914). The receiver portion (712/912) is sized to accommodate the flange portion (710/910) of the stud (702/902) and the retention portion (714/914) is sized to accommodate the stem portion (708/908) but not the flange portion (710/910) of the stud (702/902). A third locking feature (705/905) prevents relative sliding between the two pieces of telecommunications equipment (610/810) once the stud stem portion (708/908) has been slid within the slot retention portion (714/914) and the stud flange portion (710/910) is out of alignment with the slot receiver portion (712/912).

A method of splicing multicore optical fibers to one another for use in a data network. First and second multicore optical fibers each have a number of cores arranged in a certain pattern about the fiber axis, thus defining a number of pairs of cores wherein the cores of each pair are arrayed symmetrically with respect to a key plane that includes the fiber axis. Ends of the first and the second fibers are arranged in axial alignment to one another such that the key plane at the end of the first fiber is aligned with the key plane at the end of the second fiber, thereby placing a defined pair of cores in the first fiber in position for splicing to a corresponding defined pair of cores in the second fiber. The defined pairs of cores in the two fibers are then spliced to one another.