Commscope Technologies LLC

Commscope Asia Holdings B.v.

Dirk Alexander De Gast

Heidi Bleus

Robert Lantinga

Theo Van Der Meulen

Geert Antoon Parton

Michael Lawrence Gurreri

Robert Charles Flaig

Michael Aaron Kadar-Kallen

Dwight Andrew Bretz

Paul Schneider

Randall Bobby Paul

Joshua Lee Webb

Tom De Boer

A fiber optic furcation assembly includes a main fiber optic cable structure, a plurality of furcation tubes, and a housing with a cavity including a transition portion. A plurality of optical fibers each continuously and uninterruptedly extends through an end portion of a jacket of the main fiber optic cable structure, the transition portion of the cavity of the housing, and a respective one of the plurality of furcation tubes. In one embodiment, the cavity includes a securing portion including a plurality of protrusions. The plurality of protrusions defines a plurality of locating channels and at least one securing channel that intersects the locating channels. Bonding material is positioned within the securing channel and bonds the plurality of furcation tubes to the plurality of protrusions. In another embodiment, a cable mount includes a housing attachment, a cable jacket attachment, and a passage. The housing attachment is mounted within a port of the housing. Each optical fiber also extends through the passage of the cable mount, respectively.

Fiber optic furcation assemblies, methods, and systems

The present disclosure relates generally to methods for processing ferrules of fiber optic connectors such that the amount of polishing that is required is eliminated or at least reduced. In one example, an energy source is used to remove excess adhesive from the end face of the fiber and likely from an end face of the ferrule.

Methods for processing ferrules and/or optical fibers

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Hickory, NC, United States of America

Dirk Alexander De Gast