Patent ID: 7530746

Claim:
An optical fiber terminating assembly comprising: a housing which can receive an optical fiber to be terminated so that it is located in alignment with a length of another optical fiber, or an optoelectronic device, the housing including a compartment through which the optical fiber to be terminated can extend; a heat responsive adhesive element disposed in the compartment having at least one pathway preformed into the heat responsive adhesive element that is adapted to receive a portion of the optical fiber; a thermally conductive element disposed in the compartment, wherein the thermally conductive element is coupleable to a source of energy; and wherein the heat responsive adhesive element is adapted to soften in response to heat from the thermally conductive element such that the heat responsive adhesive element becomes tacky while being in a non-flowable softened state and to adhere to the optical fiber in the pathway while in the softened state to secure the optical fiber in position.