The present disclosure relates to a holder for attaching an optical component to a structure such as a tray. The holder includes integrated first mounting features including end tabs and integrated second mounting features including dovetail projections.

A telecommunications closure includes a base interface (10) for supporting the closure (60) during assembly, or repair, or later servicing, or installation, or as a permanent mount. The base interface (10) includes structure for mounting to cables, structure for mounting to elements for connecting to the interior elements of the closure (60), and elements for mounting to an interface support. A support device can be used as a workstand, a lift device, a pole mount, a wall mount or another mounting system.

A cable management panel for optimizing management and storage of a slack portion of a fiber optic cable includes a base portion and a cable support portion that is configured to extend from the base portion. The cable support includes a curved portion configured to prevent a fiber optic cable that is wrapped around the curved portion from being bent beyond a minimum bend radius. The cable support is configured to provide a path structure for optimizing management and storage of different lengths of slack of fiber optic cables such that a selected path length from an end of the base portion to the curved portion of the cable support and back to the end of the base portion substantially matches a length of slack of a fiber optic cable such that the length of slack is maintained within the height of the base so as to eliminate the need for slack cable management structures in space about a rack to which the panel is mounted.

A securing structure includes: an optical fiber; a support body that includes a first groove that accommodates the optical fiber; and a resin member that, inside the first groove, covers a boundary between a coating section of the optical fiber and a coating-removed section of the optical fiber, and secures the optical fiber to the support body. The resin member spreads out of the first groove partway along the first groove.

An electronic device may include a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) coupled with a substrate. The PIC may communicate a photonic signal with one or more optical fibers. The PIC may process the photonic signal into an electronic signal. The electronic device may include an electronic integrated circuit (EIC) coupled with the substrate. The EIC may communicate with the PIC. The EIC may transmit the electronic signal to the PIC. The EIC may receive the electronic signal from the PIC. The electronic device may include a lens assembly. The lens assembly may include at least one gradient refractive index (GRIN) lens.

A fixture for aligning a linear array of optical fiber terminators includes a base and a heightwise stack of positioning devices disposed on the base. Each positioning device includes an anchor secured to a lengthwise wall of a bracket coupled to the base, a terminator holder flexibly coupled to the anchor and having a lengthwise channel for holding a respective optical fiber terminator, and actuators controlling position and yaw of the terminator holder in a plane orthogonal to the heightwise direction. The terminator holder has planar top and bottom surfaces that define a height of the terminator holder and interface with the terminator holder of any adjacent positioning device. The fixture also includes a clamp for clamping the positioning device stack against the base after setting the in-plane position and yaw of each terminator holder. Individual positioning devices may be adjusted or replaced without disturbing the rest of the stack.

A multi-axis positioning stage or positioner includes a top plate supported and manipulatable by a plurality of prismatic joint actuators. Each actuator includes an actuator joint having four or five Degrees of Freedom (DOF) with the top plate. When one or more of the actuators extends or contracts, the pivot points, or four or five DOF actuator joints, of the remaining actuators are allowed to shift to move the top plate. The actuators can be disposed between at least one base plate or base structure, and can be fixed thereto.

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).

Methods and apparatus for furcating fiber optic cables are provided. In some embodiments, a molded furcation tube array is generated by compressing rearward end portions of a plurality of furcation tubes together, and heating at least a portion of the rearward end portions to form a molded portion of the furcation tube array. Reinforcing filaments can be bonded into and/or throughout the molded portion. The molded portion can have internal chambers in communication with separate furcation tubes of the furcation tube array, in which optic fibers can be slidably retained, and the molded portion can be fixedly coupled to a housing, which in turn, can be coupled to a cable trunkline. Optic fibers can piston or slide longitudinally within the trunkline housing and molded portion.

A converged enclosure is provided. The converged enclosure comprises a base panel, a housing coupled with the base panel and a plurality of ports housed on a front surface of the housing. The plurality of ports is arranged in a plurality of rows such that each row has one or more ports. The one or more ports in each of the plurality of rows is inclined at a predefined row angle (R1, R2, R3, R4) from a vertical base axis such that the predefined row angle of each of the plurality of rows is different. The plurality of ports is arranged in a plurality of columns such that each column has one or more ports. The one or more ports in each of the plurality of columns is inclined at a predefined column angle (C1, C2, C3) from a horizontal base axis such that the predefined column angle of each of the plurality of columns is different.