A kind of joints of optical fibre
Technical field
The present invention relates to fiber optic communication field, relate in particular to a kind of various bad working environment that are applicable to, and can keep the joints of optical fibre of better communication efficiency.
Background technology
The main application of the joints of optical fibre is in order to realize continuing of optical fiber.The joints of optical fibre kind that has been widely used in the optical fiber telecommunications system at present is numerous, and structure is different.But canvass, the basic structure of various types of joints of optical fibre but is consistent, and promptly the general aligning that adopts high-accuracy assembly to realize optical fiber of the Jue Daduoshuo joints of optical fibre connects, and its joint geometry comprises FC, SC, ST, MU, LC etc.
The mode that the existing open-air joints of optical fibre that use adopt is normally carried out light signal with optical patchcord and is connected between two kinds of different joints, fibre-optical splice all adopts is that the anti-vibrating and impact performance is strong, decay resistance is high, the ST of good seal performance or FC joint, and general photoelectric conversion module provides a kind of joint among LC, SC or the MU on the circuit board.Concrete way is: is light signal by the device photoelectric modular converter that is welded on the circuit board with electrical signal conversion, optical signal interface on the photoelectric conversion module is LC or SC interface, with an end is LC or SC plug, an other end is the optical patchcord of ST or FC plug, and the light signal of photoelectric conversion module is connected on the ST or FC socket on the device panel.
This mode has the following disadvantages: 1, optical patchcord is difficult to bear the stress that extraneous vibration and impact bring, and cause connecting unreliable, unstable, until inefficacy; 2, the plastic protective layer of optical patchcord breaks under low temperature environment easily, and allows extraneous dust, contaminating impurity optical fiber; 3, twice switching of optical patchcord increased attenuated optical signal; 4, reduced the property tieed up of joint.
Summary of the invention
The technical problem to be solved in the present invention provides and a kind ofly realizes fast insert-pull and connect stable, anti-vibrating and impact performance and the joints of optical fibre of corrosion resistance and good.
In order to address the above problem, the invention provides a kind of joints of optical fibre comprises: housing and at least one road optical fiber cable, optical fiber cable is potted in the housing by flexible sealing material, and the two ends of this each road optical fiber cable are equipped with fibre-optical splice, and described fibre-optical splice is fixedly installed on the two ends of described housing.
Preferably, described fibre-optical splice is Optical fiber plug and fiber-optical socket, and this Optical fiber plug and fiber-optical socket are installed in the two ends of described optical fiber cable respectively.
Preferably, also comprise the optical fiber snap close, the end that described fiber-optical socket is installed of described optical fiber cable is fixedly mounted in the described housing by this optical fiber snap close.
Preferably, described fiber-optical socket comprises ferrule and locating ring, and an end of ferrule is sleeved on the end that described fiber-optical socket is installed of described optical fiber cable, and described locating ring is sleeved between described optical fiber cable and the ferrule.
Preferably, described flexible sealing material is embedding silica gel, epoxy resin embedding adhesive, polyurethane pouring sealant or heat-conducting silicone grease.
Preferably, also comprise the gasket seal of being made by electric elastomeric material, the sealing pad is arranged on the end of the described fiber-optical socket of installation of described housing.
The present invention has following advantage:
1, adopts flexible sealing material that optical fiber cable is fixed in the housing unstressedly, not only avoided optical fiber cable to be subjected to the destruction of external thermal stress and chemical stress, guaranteed that product can operate as normal under various rugged environments such as low temperature, damp and hot, mould; And owing to optical fiber cable is accurately located in the joints of optical fibre, and rigidly fixed by structural member, eliminated extraneous stress, guaranteed the reliable communication of light signal under vibration, shock environment;
2, the joints of optical fibre of the present invention is compatible good, its socket can be designed as the ST/FC fiber-optical socket of paired use, its plug can be designed as the LC/FC/MU Optical fiber plug of corresponding standard, so the present invention can satisfy the request for utilization of various high-grade fibre-optical splices;
3, the joints of optical fibre of the present invention adopt the sealing design, and optical fiber cable is sealed in the housing, therefore have favorable waterproof property and Corrosion Protection;
4, the gasket seal that the seamless installation of adopting between the joints of optical fibre of the present invention and the equipment, centre have been filled is flexible conductive rubber material, has blocked the coupling path of electromagnetic interference source from connector position access arrangement inside.
Description of drawings
Fig. 1 is the schematic cross-section of the present invention along optical fiber cable;
The schematic perspective view that Fig. 2 opens for housing of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is a STRUCTURE DECOMPOSITION schematic perspective view of the present invention.
Embodiment
Shown in Fig. 1~3, the present invention includes: housing 7, optical fiber cable 3, optical fiber snap close 4, Optical fiber plug 1 and fiber-optical socket 6, housing 7, optical fiber snap close 4 and fiber-optical socket 6 all adopt aluminum alloy materials, the surface conduction oxidation processes.The sea of damp and hot, mould, salt mist environment very severe is with in the environment, and housing 7 also can adopt stainless steel material, and surface passivation is handled.Optical fiber cable 3 is potted in the housing 7 by flexible sealing material 12.Flexible sealing material 12 can adopt embedding silica gel, also can adopt epoxy resin embedding adhesive, polyurethane pouring sealant, heat-conducting silicone grease etc.Optical fiber plug 1 and fiber-optical socket 6 are installed in the two ends of optical fiber cable 3 respectively, and Optical fiber plug 1 and fiber-optical socket 6 rigidly fix the two ends that are arranged on housing 7.As shown in Figure 2, Optical fiber plug 1 and fiber-optical socket 6 both can adopt the mode of clamping to rigidly fix and be installed in the housing 7, also can adopt the bonding or the mode of welding to rigidly fix and be installed in the housing 7.
As shown in Figure 1, optical fiber cable 3 a end that fiber-optical socket 6 is installed is fixedly mounted in the housing 7 by optical fiber snap close 4.Optical fiber plug 1 can be according to LC, SC or MU standard design, and the Optical fiber plug 1 that adopts the SC type is fixedly mounted on an end of housing 7 by a joint snap close 2, and joint snap close 2 meets duplexing LC/SC/MU design standards after assembling with Optical fiber plug 1.
Shown in Fig. 1,3, fiber-optical socket 6 comprises: optical fiber pipe box 61 and locating ring 62, an end of ferrule 61 are sleeved on optical fiber cable 3 and are equipped with on the end of fiber-optical socket 6, and locating ring 62 is sleeved between optical fiber cable 3 and the ferrule 61.The other end of ferrule 61 (being the outer end) meets the design standards of ST or FC.
Pass through said structure, optical fiber cable 3 is fixed in the housing 7 unstressedly, guaranteed to connect the destruction that the optical fiber cable 3 of medium itself is not easy to receive extraneous mechanical stress, thermal stress, chemical stress, guaranteed the reliability that the signal of joints of optical fibre inside in rugged surroundings connects as light signal.And because fiber-optical socket 6 and Optical fiber plug 1 are to be rigidly fixed on the housing 7, so the termination of optical fiber cable 3 can accurately locate, and can eliminate extraneous stress, can guarantee the reliable communication of light signal under vibration, shock environment again.
In addition; if when the FC standard design is adopted in the outer end of ferrule, a dust cap 9 can also be installed in the termination of fiber-optical socket 6, and in dust cap 9, put into waterproof gasket 10; under joints of optical fibre idle state of the present invention, can play the effect of protection fiber-optical socket 6 like this.When if the ST standard design is adopted in the outer end of ferrule, the dust cap 9 of available band bayonet socket screw thread.
In addition, shown in Fig. 2,3, on an end of the installation fiber-optical socket 6 of housing, also be provided with the gasket seal of making by electric elastomeric material 11, packing washer 11 utilizes electric conductivity and the elasticity of itself, blocked the coupling path of electromagnetic interference source by joints of optical fibre installed surface access arrangement of the present invention inside, sealed installed surface simultaneously, prevented the infiltration of salt fog, mould device interior.
What adopt in the above-mentioned structure is the structure of two optical fiber cables 3, according to circumstances, also can be designed as more than 1 or 3.
In sum; being preferred embodiment of the present invention only below, is not to be used to limit protection scope of the present invention, for example; the fibre-optical splice that is arranged on optical fiber cable 3 two ends both can adopt Optical fiber plug 1 and fiber-optical socket 6 as shown in Figure 1, also can all be Optical fiber plug or all was fiber-optical socket.Therefore, all any modifications of being done within the spirit and principles in the present invention, be equal to replacement, improvement etc., all should be included within protection scope of the present invention.