Fiber-optic coupler package

A housing for at least one fiber optic component, said fiber optic component having at least one attached optical fiber, said housing comprising:

• a) a protective body having a receiving space for containing said fiber optic component;
• b) suspension means for securing said fiber optic component in said receiving space;
• and,
• c) support means, at least partially surrounding said fiber optic component, for isolating said fiber optic component from vibration and shock, said support means being a gel.

A method of forming a fiber optic component assembly comprising the steps of:

• a) providing a protective body having a receiving space, said receiving space representative of a channel cut into said protective body;
• b) providing at least one fiber optic component having at least one attached optical fiber, said at least one optical fiber having a top and a bottom and a jacketed portion and a jacketless portion;
• c) providing an adhesive;
• d) applying said adhesive to said bottom jacketless portion of said attached optical fiber, said adhesive applied in sufficient quantity to secure said attached optical fiber in said receiving space without surrounding said jacketless portion of said attached optical fibers;
• e) lowering said fiber optic component and said attached optical fiber into said receiving space;
• and,
• f) curing said adhesive.

A fiber optic component housing for housing fiber optic components having at least one attached optical fiber, said housing comprising:

• a) a protective body having a receiving space for containing said fiber optic component;
• b) adhesive securing said at least one optical fiber in said receiving space;
• and,
• c) support means, at least partially surrounding said fiber optic component, for isolating said fiber optic component from vibration and shock, said support means being a gel.