The present disclosure relates to a telecommunications connector. The connector includes at least one connector portion including a front housing portion coupled to a rear housing portion, the front housing portion being rotatable relative to the rear housing portion about a longitudinal axis, the front housing portion including a ferrule and a latch, the latch defining front and rear ends and being pivotable relative to the rest of the front housing portion at a connection portion. A boot mounted on the telecommunications connector is movable longitudinally relative to the rear housing portion, wherein the boot is configured to engage at least a portion of the latch of the front housing portion and cause the latch to pivot relative to the rest of the front housing portion as the boot is moved relative to the rear housing portion.

An optical connector includes: a ferrule that includes a connection end surface, and a fiber hole into which an optical fiber is configured to be inserted up to the connection end surface; a spring that is disposed on a rear side of the ferrule that is opposite to a front side that is a side on which the connection end surface is disposed in a longitudinal direction of the fiber hole; a spring push that sandwiches the spring with the ferrule and through which the optical fiber is inserted in the longitudinal direction; and a housing that accommodates the ferrule and the spring and that is engaged with the spring push such that the ferrule is biased to the front side by the spring. The optical fiber is configured to be inserted into and removed from the spring push.

An elastic member according to an embodiment is an elastic member that biases a ferrule retaining a plurality of optical fibers in a connecting direction. The elastic member is stored in an inner housing that accommodates the ferrule, the elastic member has a space in its inside into which a 16-fiber tape fiber is inserted, and the elastic member is in a noncircular shape in a cross section intersecting with the connecting direction. The elastic member includes a pair of first portions having an outer surface opposite to a pair of inner surfaces in an arc shape of the housing, the inner surfaces being opposite to each other along a first direction intersecting with the connecting direction and a pair of second portions opposite to the tape fiber along a second direction intersecting with both of the connecting direction and the first direction.

In one embodiment, a method of preparing a round fiber optic cable includes applying a cable orientation guide to a portion of the fiber optic cable. The fiber optic cable includes a jacket, a first strength member, a second strength member, and an optical fiber. The strength members and the optical fiber are disposed within the jacket along a strength axis. Applying the cable orientation guide rotates the fiber optic cable such that the strength axis is positioned along a preferential axis. The method further includes forming a punched area in the jacket. The method also include removing a portion of the jacket forward of the punched area to provide a flat end face defined by the punched area for attaching the cable to a retention body of a fiber optic connector.

In one embodiment, a method of preparing a round fiber optic cable includes applying a cable orientation guide to a portion of the fiber optic cable. The fiber optic cable includes a jacket, a first strength member, a second strength member, and an optical fiber. The strength members and the optical fiber are disposed within the jacket along a strength axis. Applying the cable orientation guide rotates the fiber optic cable such that the strength axis is positioned along a preferential axis. The method further includes forming a punched area in the jacket. The method also include removing a portion of the jacket forward of the punched area to provide a flat end face defined by the punched area for attaching the cable to a retention body of a fiber optic connector.

The present disclosure relates to a fiber alignment device including a guide feature defining a fiber alignment groove. The fiber alignment device also includes a fiber engagement component defining a reference surface arrangement and elastic cantilever arms for pressing optical fibers into the fiber alignment groove. First portions of the guide feature engage the reference surface arrangement. Second portions of the guide feature engage the cantilever arms to flex the cantilever arms to a staged position.

A cable entry sealing system includes a housing having a first housing end and a second housing end; a sealing and shielding member having a portion insertable into the housing, the sealing and shielding member comprising: a plug portion and a medial sealing portion, extending from the plug portion. The medial sealing portion includes a first raised edge, a lip sealing portion extending outwardly from the first raised edge, and a medial body section having a second raised edge. The system further includes an end sealing portion, extending from the medial portion, and at least one compression member coupled to the end sealing portion. The sealing and shielding member is configured to prevent contamination into the cable entry sealing system and distortion of the at least one compression member.

The present disclosure relates to a fiber alignment device (20) including a guide feature (62a, b) defining a fiber alignment groove (48). The fiber alignment device (20) also includes a fiber engagement component (44) defining a reference surface arrangement and elastic cantilever arms (56a, b) for pressing optical fibers into the fiber alignment groove (48). First portions of the guide feature (62a, b) engage the reference surface arrangement. Second portions of the guide (62a, b) feature engage the cantilever arms (56a, b) to flex the cantilever arms to a staged position.

An optical fiber array includes: a multicore optical fiber in which the outer peripheral shape of cladding in a cross section has first and second convex surfaces symmetric with respect to a first axis, and first and second surfaces symmetric with respect to a second axis and closer than extensions of the first and second convex surfaces to the second axis; an arrangement component including a groove having a trapezoidal shape having first and second side surfaces mutually facing such that sectional shapes become closer toward a grove bottom, and a bottom surface; and a pressing member. With the first surface in surface contact with the pressing member, the first convex surface or a boundary portion between the first convex surface and the second surface, and the second convex surface or a boundary portion between the second surface and the second convex surface are in contact with the first and second side surfaces, respectively.

An optical fiber connection system includes a first and a second optical fiber, each with end portions that are terminated by a first and a second fiber optic connector, respectively. A fiber optic adapter connects the first and the second fiber optic connectors. A fiber alignment apparatus includes V-blocks and gel blocks. Each of the fiber optic connectors includes a connector housing and a sheath. The end portions of the optical fibers are positioned beyond distal ends of the respective connector housings. The sheath is slidably connected to the connector housing and slides between an extended configuration and a retracted configuration. The sheath covers the end portion of the respective optical fiber when the sheath is at the extended configuration and exposes the end portion when at the retracted configuration. The end portions of the optical fibers are cleaned when slid between the V-blocks and the gel blocks.