CN105339826A - Connector clip for use with an optoelectronic module and cable management structure - Google Patents
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Abstract
An example embodiment includes a cable clip. The cable clip is configured to maintain engagement of an optical interface with a lens assembly included in an optoelectronic module. The cable clip includes a forward section, a clip body, a connector retention mechanism, a lens latch, and a release lever. The clip body is connected to the forward section at a clip shoulder. The connector retention mechanism is configured to retain the optical interface and extends from the clip body. The lens latch is positioned at a first end. The lens latch is configured to latch the lens assembly when a portion of the optical interface is received within the lens assembly. The release lever is connected to the forward section. The release lever is configured to unlatch the lens latch from the lens assembly in response to application of an actuation force above a particular threshold magnitude.
Description
Technical field
Here the embodiment disclosed relates to optical element.More particularly, embodiments more described herein relate to the cable clamp and cable management structure that can use together with optical-electric module.
Background technology
The transmission of some data relates to and optical signalling is converted to electric signal and/or convert the electrical signal to optical signalling.In some applications, this conversion occurs on circuit boards.Such as, carry one or more optical signalling optical cable can with the optical-electric module interface of such as plate mounted (board-mounted) light engine.On this light engine, optical receiver can be used to convert optical signalling to electric signal from optical signalling.Then these electric signal can be sent to destination along the etch copper mark be integrated in circuit board.Similarly, electric signal can be sent to the mounted light engine of plate along copper mark.On the mounted light engine of plate, optical signalling can be converted electrical signals to by optical transmitter.Then can further by optical signalling along the optical cable transmission identical or different with the optical cable of optical-electric module interface.In the mounted light engine of some plates, lens subassembly can be configured to the optical interface of accommodating such as pluggable wire and cable connector.Optical interface supports one or more optical cable usually, and described one or more optical cable transmits arrival or the optical signalling from plate installing type light engine.When being housed in lens subassembly, optical interface can contribute to relative to the aligning of lens subassembly and the maintenance of optical interface in lens subassembly the correct transmission guaranteeing optical data.But owing to being applied to the mechanical load of optical cable and/or pluggable wire and cable connector, optical interface by mistake may be removed with lens subassembly and engage or may misplace between optical interface and lens subassembly.
Here claimed theme is not limited to and solves any shortcoming or only as above describing the embodiment operated in those environment.But, provide this background technology only to set forth the exemplary technical field of of can implement embodiments more described herein.
Summary of the invention
An illustrative embodiments comprises a kind of cable clamp.This cable clamp is configured to keep optical interface and the joint being included in the lens subassembly in optical-electric module.This cable clamp comprises leading portion, folder body, connector maintaining body, lens lock and trip lever.Described folder body is connected to described leading portion at folder shoulder place.Described connector maintaining body is configured to keep described optical interface and extends from described folder body.Described lens lock is positioned at first end.Described lens lock is configured to lock described lens subassembly when a part for optical interface is housed in described lens subassembly.Described trip lever is connected to described leading portion.Described trip lever is configured to the actuation force more than in response to the specific threshold size applied and is unlocked from described lens subassembly by described lens lock.
Another illustrative embodiments comprises connector assembly.This connector assembly is configured to the module housing being positioned at optical-electric module at least in part.This connector assembly comprises cable clamp and is covered with dust.Described cable clamp is configured to keep when this cable clamp is locked optical interface with the joint between lens subassembly and allow when described cable clamp unlocks described connector to remove from described lens subassembly engaging.Described cable clamp comprises trip lever, and the size of this trip lever is arranged relative to described module housing, and make when described connector is housed in described lens subassembly, a part for described trip lever is stretched out from described module housing.Described trip lever is configured to the actuation force in response to this part of stretching out from described module housing being applied to described trip lever and described cable clamp is unlocked.Described being covered with dust is configured at least in part around described connector and described cable clamp.The described space being sized to substantially fill between described connector and module openings that is covered with dust, described connector assembly is incorporated in described module housing by described module openings.
Another illustrative embodiments comprises a kind of cable clamp.This cable clamp is configured to maintenance mechanical transfer (MT) connector and is included in the joint between the lens subassembly in optical-electric module, described mechanical transfer connector has and is configured to and 24 of 24 data channel communication optical channels, and described optical-electric module is configured to 25 gigabit per seconds (G) or higher data speed transmission.Described cable clamp comprises folder body, connector maintaining body, leading portion, lens lock and trip lever.Described connector maintaining body is configured to keep described MT connector and extends from described folder body.Described leading portion is attached to described folder body by folder shoulder.Described lens lock is positioned at the first end of described leading portion.Described lens lock is configured to apply coupling mechanism force when MT connector is housed in lens subassembly to the front surface of described lens subassembly.Described trip lever extends from described front portion and it is sized to partly stretch out from module housing.Described trip lever is configured in response to the actuation force being applied to trip lever and rotates described leading portion.
At least will recognize that by the element pointed out especially in the claims, feature and their combination and realize object and the advantage of these embodiments.
It should be understood that total volume description above and detailed description are below exemplary and explanatory and do not form the restriction to the present invention for required protection.
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Describe by use accompanying drawing and explain other specific features and the details of illustrative embodiments, wherein:
Figure 1A-1D shows exemplary optical-electric module;
Fig. 2 A-2C shows example cable folder (clip) can implemented in the optical-electric module of Figure 1A-1D;
Fig. 3 A and 3B shows the clip of Fig. 2 A-2C keeping EXEMPLARY CONNECTOR;
Fig. 4 A and 4B shows clip, and described clip keeps the connector engaged with example lens assembly;
Fig. 5 A and 5B shows has the exemplary clip be covered with dust; And
Fig. 6 A and 6B shows exemplary multimode and practices.
Embodiment
Here the embodiment disclosed relates to optical element.More specifically, some illustrative embodiments relate to the cable clamp that can be used in optical-electric module and relate to some extra architectural features that can be included in optical-electric module.
An illustrative embodiments comprises a kind of cable clamp (clip), and it is configured to the joint of the lens subassembly keeping connector and light engine.Described clip also can enable described connector and described lens subassembly remove to engage and do not need to dismantle described light engine.Described clip comprises leading portion, connector maintaining body, lens lock and trip lever.Described connector maintaining body be configured to described connector to remain on described connector is accommodated by described lens subassembly position on.Described lens lock is positioned at the first end of described leading portion.When described connector is housed in described lens subassembly, described connector is locked onto described lens subassembly by described lens lock.Described trip lever is connected to described leading portion, and a part for described trip lever is stretched out from the module housing of described light engine.Described trip lever is configured in response to this part of stretching out from described module housing to described trip lever applies the actuation force of more than specific threshold size and is unlocked from described lens subassembly by described lens lock.What the applying of actuation force caused described leading portion locks to described lens the rotation and displacement that unlock.
The various aspects of some embodiments are described referring now to accompanying drawing.It should be understood that accompanying drawing is to the outline of embodiment and schematically shows, it is determinate for not being intended to, and they also need not be drawn in proportion.In all figure, similar numeral relates generally to similar structure unless otherwise described.
Figure 1A-1D shows exemplary optical-electric module 100.Particularly, Figure 1A depicts the external view of optical-electric module 100.Figure 1B depicts the cut-open view of optical-electric module 100.Fig. 1 C depicts the exploded view of optical-electric module 100.Fig. 1 D depicts another exploded view of optical-electric module 100.The optical-electric module 100 drawn in Figure 1A-1D comprises light engine.(such as 25 gigabit per seconds (G) or higher) optics that an example of optical-electric module 100 can be designed for the high speed between integrated circuit and/or between circuit board is interconnected.In addition or alternatively, optical-electric module 100 can be configured to collecting 24 optical channels, each optical channel can be configured to transmit data.
Optical-electric module 100 can be installed on the circuit board (not shown) of host apparatus and can be configured to such as between host apparatus and network (not shown), transmit data.Optical-electric module 100 can convert the electrical signal to the optical signalling representing this electric signal, and vice versa.Such as, the data of optical signalling form can be sent to optical-electric module 100 from network along optical cable 102.Optical signalling can be converted to the electric signal representing this optical signalling by the element (their example is described below) of optical-electric module 100.Then electric signal can be sent to host apparatus.Similarly, electric signal can be sent to optical-electric module 100 by host apparatus.Optical-electric module 100 can convert the electrical signal to the optical signalling representing this electric signal.Can optical signalling be sent in network along optical cable 102, arrive such as another optical-electric module.
Optical-electric module 100 can comprise module housing 140.Module housing 140 generally can protect the element being positioned at module housing 140.In addition, module housing 140 can dispel the heat.Such as, in the optical-electric module 100 drawn, module housing 140 can comprise one or more radiator structure 142, and described radiator structure 142 is configured to the heat disperseing to come from optical-electric module 100.One of them radiator structure 142 has only been marked in Figure 1A-1D.In some embodiments, one or more radiator structure can be attached to module housing 140 removedly.In addition or alternatively, radiator structure 142 can be omitted.
Module housing 140 can also comprise the cable trails 144 (only shown in Figure 1A and 1C) be limited between one or more radiator structure 142.One or more optical cable (such as 102) of other optical-electric modules at adjacent light electricity module 100 place can be positioned in cable trails 144.Optical cable is positioned in cable trails 144 possibility that can help avoid or reduce optical cable and tangle or damage.In some embodiments, the optical cable (coming from other optical-electric modules respectively) of the bar up to 6 or more can be positioned in cable trails 144.Some the other details practiced comprising multiple optical-electric module are discussed with reference to Fig. 6 A and 6B.
In some embodiments, cable trails 144 can comprise tilting section 146 (only illustrating in figs. 1 a and 1b).As shown in best in fig. ib, optical cable 102 can leave optical-electric module 100 at outlet height 148A place.Outlet height 148A generally can correspond to entrance height 148B, and the optical cable of other optical-electric modules one or more can enter cable trails 144 at entrance height 148B place.The height of tilting section 146 then can increase gradually until tilting section 146 stops the top 154 (only illustrating in figs. 1 a and 1b) of module housing 140.
Tilting section angle (angle) 150 (only illustrating in fig. ib) can be limited between the outside surface of tilting section 146 and horizontal base plan 156 (only illustrating in fig. ib).Angle 150 and/or the interval between optical-electric module 100 and adjacent optical-electric module can be configured to avoid applying excessive bending to one or more optical cable.Such as, angle 150 and/or interval can guarantee to leave adjacent optical-electric module and one or more optical cable entering cable trails 144 at tilting section 146 place does not exceed maximum acceptable bending radius.
Specifically, as shown in fig. 1b, optical cable 102 can with relative level or the angle of 0 degree leave optical-electric module 100.Optical cable 102 can by the tilting section of adjacent optical module (such as tilting section 146) again upwards directed (being such as included in the positive y direction of any restriction in the X-Y-Z cartesian coordinate system limited arbitrarily), and described adjacent optical module can be similar to optical-electric module 100 substantially.Therefore the angle 150 of this adjacent optical module can support optical cable 102, makes optical cable 102 can not exceed acceptable bending radius.The possibility reducing to exceed bending radius can reduce the destroyed possibility of optical cable 102.Angle 150 can be determined based on the quantity of the type of the optical fiber be included in optical cable 102 and/or the optical cable (such as 102) that can be positioned in cable trails 144 or optical fiber.
See Figure 1B and 1C, lens subassembly 400, printed circuit board (PCB) (PCB) 110, heating radiator 138 and module board 112 can be positioned at module housing 140.Lens subassembly 400 can be positioned at be installed to PCB110 one or more element (not shown) above.Heating radiator 138 can be configured to heat to be sent to module housing 140 from the one or more elements being installed to PCB110.
Lens subassembly 400 can be configured to accommodate connector 300.Optical cable 102 can be couple to connector 300 by optics, makes it possible to transmit optical signalling between optical cable 102 and connector 300.Connector 300 can couple with optical cable 102 optics and can be the interface that can transmit optical signalling further.Such as, optical signalling can be sent to connector 300 from optical cable 102, then be sent to lens subassembly 400.When receiving in lens subassembly 400, optical signalling can be sent to by lens subassembly 400 the one or more elements being installed to PCB110.As used herein, term " optical interface " may be used for the similar and/or similar structure of the interface describing connector 300 and be provided for the optical signalling that optical cable 102 carries.In the optical-electric module 100 drawn, optical cable 102 such as can comprise ribbon fiber.In addition or alternatively, connector 300 can comprise pluggable mechanical transfer (MT) connector.
See Figure 1B-1D, the joint between connector 300 with lens subassembly 400 and aiming at is kept by cable clamp (clip) 200.Particularly, clip 200 can keep connector 300.When connector 300 is housed in lens subassembly 400, clip 200 can lock onto lens subassembly 400 and/or module housing 140, as here in greater detail.
As shown in best in Fig. 1 D, clip 200 can be included, 122 to form connector assembly 180 (only shown in Fig. 1 D) together with connector 300 with being covered with dust.Be covered with dust and 122 can be configured to partly around connector 300 and clip 200.When connector 300 is housed in lens subassembly 400, is covered with dust and 122 can reduces dust or similar less desirable material are incorporated in module housing 140.Particularly, be covered with dust 122 shape can be arranged to correspond to module openings 124 (only illustrating in figures ib and 1 c) and partly around a part for connector 300.When connector 300 to be accommodated by lens subassembly 400 and/or is substantially arranged in module openings 124, being covered with dust 122 can be filled in space between connector 300 and module openings 124 substantially, thus prevents or substantially prevent the intrusion of dust and/or other particles.
See Figure 1A-1D, connector assembly 180 can be incorporated in module housing 140 by module openings 124.Fig. 1 D depicts the connector assembly 180 in module housing 140 outside.Figure 1A and 1B depicts the connector assembly 180 being positioned at module housing 140.
Lens subassembly 400 can be positioned at module housing 140.In some embodiments, lens subassembly 400 can be installed to module board 112.Connector assembly 180 can be introduced by module openings 124, makes lens subassembly 400 accommodate connector 300.
As shown in best in Figure 1B and 1C, when connector 300 is housed in lens subassembly 400, trip lever 220 or its certain part can extend through (such as farther on the negative x direction of definition arbitrarily) module housing 140.By stretching out from module housing 140, trip lever 220 can make it possible to apply actuation force 236 (only illustrating in fig. ib) to trip lever 220 and do not need to remove or dismantle module housing 140.Actuation force 236 can make connector 300 can remove to engage and clip 200 can be made can to remove with module housing 140 with lens subassembly 400 and engage.When connector 300 and lens subassembly 400 remove engage and clip 200 and module housing 140 remove engage time, connector assembly 180 can remove from module housing 140.Therefore, connector 300 is fastened to lens subassembly 400 by clip 200, maintain the joint between connector 300 and lens subassembly 400, and clip 200 can be removed with module housing 140 to engage and connector 300 can be removed with lens subassembly 400 and engages and do not need to remove or dismantle optical-electric module 100.
Fig. 2 A-2C shows an illustrative embodiments of clip 200.Clip 200 may be embodied as the clip 200 in the optical-electric module 100 of Figure 1A-1D.Fig. 2 A depicts the skeleton view of clip 200.Fig. 2 B depicts the side view of clip 200.Fig. 2 C depicts the front view of clip 200.Clip 200 can be configured to keep the joint between optical interface and lens subassembly.In addition, clip 200 can unlock by user, and this can allow optical interface engage with the releasing of lens subassembly and do not need to dismantle the optical-electric module comprising optical interface and lens subassembly.Such as, in conjunction with reference to Figure 1A-1D and 2A-2C, clip 200 can be configured to keep can connector 300 in module housing 140 and the joint between lens subassembly 400.Clip 200 and lens subassembly 400 can unlock by user, and this can make connector 300 remove with lens subassembly 400 to engage.Then connector 300 and clip 200 can be extracted out from module housing 140 by user.
See Fig. 2 A-5B, by describing an illustrative embodiments of clip 200 according to the context of Figure 1A-1D, the reference to connector 300, lens subassembly 400 and optical-electric module 100 wherein can be comprised.But the embodiment of clip 200 can use and/or use together with other optical-electric modules together with other optical interfaces of such as other pluggable MT connectors.
See Fig. 2 A-2C, clip 200 can comprise connector maintaining body 202.Connector maintaining body 202 can be configured to keep optical interface.Connector maintaining body 202 substantially can support and keep optical interface relative to the position of clip 200.
In some embodiments, connector maintaining body 202 can comprise one or more keeping arm 204.Keeping arm 204 can be configured at least in part around optical interface at least partially.In this embodiment and other embodiments, each keeping arm 204 can comprise vertical portion 208.The size of vertical portion 208 can be configured to hold specific optical interface.Such as, keeping arm 204 can be configured at least in part around connector 300 discussed herein.Therefore, vertical portion 208 can be configured to one or more side surfaces of basic contact-connection assembly for electric 300.
In some embodiments, keeping arm 204 can omit, integrated or extension vertical portion 208, and/or vertical portion 208 can comprise the size selected like this, described size makes optical interface can be remained in connector maintaining body 202 by spring force or force of compression.In addition or alternatively, keeping arm 204 can comprise horizontal component, this horizontal component can be configured to extend between multiple keeping arm 204 at least in part.Horizontal component can be configured to the part location of a part for the basal surface of supporting connector 300 or the basal surface of contiguous connector 300.
Connector maintaining body 202 can comprise rear port support member 212.Rear port support member 212 can be configured to support the optical interface remained on wherein.In addition, in some embodiments, connector maintaining body 202 can be configured to apply the first confining force 244A and/or the second confining force 244B (only illustrating in Figures 2 A and 2 B) (being one or more confining forces 244 on the whole) to optical interface.
In clip 200, rear port support member 212 can comprise one or more keep-spring arm 260.Keep-spring arm 260 can be configured to apply one or more confining force 244 to optical interface in some cases.Such as, in some configurations, keep-spring arm 260 can be configured to apply confining force 244 when optical interface is maintained in connector maintaining body 202.In addition or alternatively, optical interface can apply power to rear port support member 212.The power applied by optical interface can comprise direction substantially in the negative x direction.Keep-spring arm 260 can be configured to elastic bending, and this can cause confining force 244 to offset the power applied by optical interface.In these and other cases, optical interface can remain on the position relative to forward (such as the having larger x coordinate) of clip 200 by confining force 244, and it can be positioned to can engage with lens subassembly.
In addition, in some embodiments, one or more confining force 244 can allow optical interface " to be clasped " in connector maintaining body 202.Such as, keep-spring arm 260 confining force that can be configured to apply to have enough sizes is to keep optical interface.
Keep-spring arm 260 can comprise segmental arc 262, horizontal segment 268 and vertical section 264.Segmental arc 262 can comprise the part being configured to the elastic bending in response to the power applied in the negative x direction of keep-spring arm 260.Vertical section 264 and horizontal segment 268 can comprise the part being configured to contact with the optical interface remained in connector maintaining body 202 of keep-spring arm 260.When confining force 244 is non-zeros, the vertical section 264 of keep-spring arm 260 and horizontal segment 268 can transmit one or two confining force 244 to optical interface.
Such as, especially with reference to Fig. 2 B, keep-spring arm 260 can extend from folder body 226 (only illustrating in Figures 2 A and 2 B).Segmental arc 262 can camber in the negative x direction.When applying power to vertical section 264 in the negative x direction, segmental arc 262 can be made to bend.Responsively, the first confining force 244A on positive x direction can be caused.
See Fig. 2 B, in some embodiments, rear port support member 212 can limiting connector height 266.Connector height 266 can be limited between horizontal segment 268 and upper supporting section 254 (only illustrating in Figures 2 A and 2 B).The size of connector height 266 can be arranged to support specific optical conenctor.In addition, the size of connector height 266 can be arranged to be incorporated into by optical conenctor in rear port support member 212 and create the second confining force 244B, and described second confining force 224B can keep optical conenctor at least in part.
One or more sizes of rear port support member 212 can be configured to passive support of optical interface.In these embodiments and other embodiments, be applied to rear port support member 212 effectively unless confining force 244 may be substantially of zero and/or have optical interface to be maintained at wherein.When power is applied to rear port support member 212 or optical interface remains in rear port support member 212, the size of one or more confining force 244 can become non-zero.Alternatively or in addition, according to the size of the power be in the opposite direction applied on the optical interface that remains in clip 200, the size of these confining forces 244 can be different.Therefore, rear port support member 212 can play the function of block, and moving in the negative x direction to prevent optical interface exceeds rear port support member 212.
Upper supporting section 254 (above-mentioned) can extend from folder body 226 and can be separated into keep-spring arm 260.Folder body 226 can be connected to the leading portion 242 of clip 200 at folder shoulder 216 place.Folder shoulder 216 can be included in the arc material (arcsofmaterial) between folder body 226 and leading portion 242.These arc materials can allow some deviations and/or flexing.Folder shoulder 216 can be arranged so that folder body 226 and connector maintaining body 202 can rotate independent of the leading portion 242 of clip 200 substantially.Such as, when activating clip 200 (below discuss), connector maintaining body 202 can not as leading portion 242 be around rotate so much of z-axis or do not rotate around z-axis.
Such as, in conjunction with reference to Figure 1B and 2B, when connector 300 is housed in lens subassembly 400, connector and connector maintaining body 202 can be retrained.Therefore, in these cases with in other situations, lens subassembly 400 can prevent connector maintaining body 202 from rotating substantially.
Refer back to Fig. 2 A-2C, clip 200 can also comprise trip lever 220 and lens lock 228.Lens lock 228 can be configured to keep lens subassembly to engage with optical interface.Lens lock 228 can be positioned at the first end 230 of leading portion 242.Preferably with in other embodiments, lens lock 228 can also comprise radius 240.Radius 240 can be configured to reduce when remaining on the optical interface in connector maintaining body 202 and being introduced in lens subassembly interfere.
Trip lever 220 can be configured to lens lock 228 to unlock, and this can allow optical interface to remove joint from lens subassembly.Trip lever 220 can be connected to leading portion 242 at the second end 252 place of trip lever 220.In some embodiments, can be substantially rigid with the connection of leading portion 242.As what use with reference to trip lever 220 and the connection of leading portion 242, term " substantially rigid " can show that the power of the first end 232 (only illustrating in Figures 2 A and 2 B) being applied to trip lever 220 can be delivered to leading portion 242 via this connection.Such as, be not that only trip lever 220 moves in response to the power be applied on first end 232 (such as discussed below 236), but leading portion 242 also can move.
Especially see Fig. 2 B, preferably with in other embodiments, coupling mechanism force 234 can act on lens subassembly in some cases.Such as, in some embodiments, clip 200 can be arranged so that the size of coupling mechanism force 234 can be non-vanishing.Such as, clip 200 can comprise folder shoulder 216, and described folder shoulder 216 can be included in the arc material between folder body 226 and leading portion 242.Arc material can produce the non-vanishing coupling mechanism force 234 of size when clip 200 keeps the optical interface be housed in lens subassembly.In addition, in these embodiments and other embodiments, one or more sizes of clip 200 can be arranged so that, when optical interface is housed in lens subassembly, clip 200 can trail, and this can produce coupling mechanism force 234.
In some embodiments, unless one or more sizes of clip 200 can be arranged so that the size of coupling mechanism force 234 may be substantially of zero and is applied to clip 200 effectively or attempts optical interface from another element that lens subassembly removes.In these embodiments, when force is applied, the size of coupling mechanism force 234 can become non-zero.When coupling mechanism force 234 non-zero, coupling mechanism force 234 is described below.
When the size of coupling mechanism force 234 is non-vanishing, lens subassembly can press to the optical interface remained in connector maintaining body 202.Therefore, lens lock 228 effect that can play block exceeds lens lock 228 to prevent lens subassembly to move upward in positive x side.Lens subassembly and optical interface can remain in engagement arrangement in conjunction with confining force 244 by coupling mechanism force 234.
Lens can be locked 228 trip levers 220 unlocked from lens subassembly to trigger, actuation force 236 can be applied to trip lever 220.Actuation force 236 can cause the first end 232 of trip lever 220 at negative y direction top offset.As a result, the second end 252 of trip lever 220, and therefore also have lens lock 228, can with the mode of retouching more in detail below displacement in the positive y-direction.Lens lock 228 displacement is in the positive y-direction represented by arrow 238 in fig. 2b.Particularly, in the clip 200 drawn, the leading portion 242 comprising the clip 200 of lens lock 228 can displacement in the positive y-direction, locks 228 to remove from lens subassembly and engage to make lens.
Such as, the leading portion 242 of clip 200 can rotate clockwise in (orientation according to Fig. 2 B) around folder shoulder 216.When lens lock 228 in the positive y-direction displacement preset distance (such as the height of lens lock 228) time, coupling mechanism force 234 can no longer act on lens subassembly and/or lens lock 228 is fully displaced to and no longer has interference with lens subassembly.When coupling mechanism force 234 no longer act on lens subassembly and/or lens lock 228 be fully displaced to no longer have interference with lens subassembly time, clip 200 and the optical interface remained in connector maintaining body 202 can be removed from lens subassembly and engage.
In some embodiments, trip lever 220 can comprise preload force 256.This preload force 256 can substantially make trip lever 220 turn back to relative to folder body 226 Angle Position, than Angle Position as shown in Figure 2 B.Such as, after removing actuation force 236 from trip lever 220, preload force 256 can make trip lever 220 turn back to the Angle Position relative to folder body 226 shown in Fig. 2 B.The size of preload force 256 can change.Such as, when clip 200 is in open state (such as shown in Fig. 1 C and 1D) outside, the size of preload force 256 is zero substantially.In addition, when trip lever 220 is when inserting after optical-electric module to bottom offset, preload force 256 can have some non-vanishing sizes.
See Fig. 2 A-2C, trip lever 220 can also comprise secondary lock 258.Secondary lock 258 can be configured to engage with the secondary lock opening be limited in module housing.Such as, in conjunction with reference Figure 1B and 2A-2C, secondary lock opening 120 can be limited in module housing 140.Secondary lock 258 can be configured to engage secondary lock opening 120 when clip 200 is positioned at module housing 140.When actuation force 236 is applied to trip lever 220, secondary lock 258 can be removed joint from the lock opening 120 be limited to module housing 140 by the displacement of first end 232 on negative y direction of the trip lever 220 produced, and can make leading portion 242 displacement in the positive y-direction as has been described.When lens lock 228 in the positive y-direction displacement preset distance and secondary lock 258 from lock opening 120 remove engage time, connector 300 can be removed from lens subassembly 400 and engages and can extract out from module housing 140.
In addition, in conjunction with see Figure 1B and 2B, the size of clip 200 can be determined relatively with module housing 140.Such as, the size of trip lever 220 can be arranged to stretch out from module housing 140.Particularly, trip lever 220 can comprise the length 250 be limited between the second end 252 of trip lever 220 and the first end 232 of trip lever 220.Length 250 can be determined to be and a part for trip lever 220 is stretched out from module housing 140.In some embodiments, trip lever 220 can be equipped with handle.
Refer back to Fig. 2 A-2C, in some embodiments, clip 200 can comprise multiple lens position arm 270.Lens position arm 270 can extend on basic positive x direction.Lens position arm 270 can be configured to the side of contact lens assembly to reduce the motion on positive z direction and negative z direction.More generally, lens subassembly can constrain between described lens position arm 270 by lens position arm 270 in a z-direction.
See Fig. 2 C, clip 200 can be configured to correspond to specific optical interface and/or specific lens subassembly.Such as, keep-spring arm 260 can separate the first distance 274.This first distance 274 such as can correspond to the width of specific MT connector.First distance 274 can allow specific connector to be positioned between keep-spring arm 260, and/or makes keep-spring arm 260 contact one or more surface of specific optical interface or have specific gap with one or more surfaces of specific optical interface.
In addition, clip 200 can be configured to correspond to specific lens subassembly.Such as, lens position arm 270 and/or the recess 282 comprised thereon can separate the second length 272.Second length 272 can be determined to be the one or more surfaces making lens position arm 270 contact specific lens subassembly, or at least makes lens position arm 270 in a z-direction by lens subassembly constraint between which.In some embodiments comprising recess 282, the second length 272 can be determined to be and these recesses 282 can be housed in cavity on specific lens subassembly or depression.When in the cavity be housed on specific lens subassembly or depression, recess 282 can contribute a power, and described power can make to keep the joint between optical interface and specific lens subassembly on z direction and/or x direction.
Continue see Fig. 2 C, lens lock 228 can have lens lock length 278.Lens lock length 278 can be greater than the second length 272 and/or be greater than the width of lens subassembly.Lens lock length 278 can reduce the collision between lens lock 228 and the lens subassembly opening being configured to accommodate optical interface.
In addition, rear port support member 212 can comprise rear support length 276.The structure that rear support length 276 can provide and can be attached with and be covered with dust (as being covered with dust 122 in Figure 1A-1D).Some the other details being attached with the structure be covered with dust are provided referring to Fig. 5 A and 5B.
Fig. 3 A and 3B shows the clip 200 of an example of the connector 300 that the maintenance in Fig. 2 A-2C is discussed with reference to Figure 1A-1D.Connector 300 is examples for optical interface, uses this term here.Connector 300 in the embodiment drawn is pluggable MT connectors.In some embodiments, clip 200 can be configured to the optical interface keeping other types.Fig. 3 A depicts the side view of the clip 200 keeping connector 300, and Fig. 3 B depicts the skeleton view of the clip 200 keeping connector 300.
As mentioned above, clip 200 can be configured to keep connector 300 and remained on by connector 300 on the position forward relative to clip 200 (such as to have larger x size).On this forward position, connector 300 can insertion section 302 can before keeping arm 204.Can comprise the part being configured to be accommodated or be incorporated in lens subassembly (not shown in figures 3 a and 3b) or locate relative to this lens subassembly of connector 300 in insertion section 302.
In addition, connector 300 can also comprise by support portion 308 (only illustrating in figure 3b).The part that can be contacted by keeping arm 204 of connector 300 can be comprised by support portion 308, or more generally can comprise substantially being surrounded by keeping arm 204 of connector 300, encapsulate or around part.Preferably with in other embodiments, keeping arm 204 can be subject to support portion 308 along the part contact of the both sides of connector 300 and/or be positioned to contiguous by support portion 308.In some embodiments, keeping arm 204 can contact the integral bottom of one or more full side by support portion 308, connector 300, and/or is positioned to contiguous by one or more full side of support portion 308, the integral bottom of connector 300; Keeping arm 204 can not contact with one or more side or bottom etc., etc.
Connector 300 can also comprise rear portion 304.When remaining in connector maintaining body 202, rear portion 304 can be positioned in rear port support member 212.Draw as best in figure 3b, preferably with in other embodiments, rear portion 304 can extend through (such as having higher and/or lower z coordinate) keeping arm 204.Keep-spring arm 260 can posteriorly 304 rear surface 318 apply the first confining force 244A, the front surface 320 at rear portion 304 can be pressed to keeping arm 204 by described first confining force 244A.By the front surface 320 at rear portion 304 is pressed to keeping arm 204, can will can remain on before keeping arm 204 insertion section 302, and connector 300 can be remained in connector maintaining body 202.
Connector maintaining body 202 can also clamp connector 300 in y-direction.Particularly, rear portion 304 can be supported by upper supporting section 254 and horizontal segment 268, and/or remains between supporting section 254 and horizontal segment 268.In addition or alternatively, can be supported by the horizontal segment 268 of keeping arm 204 and folder body 226 by support portion 308, and/or remain between the horizontal segment 268 of keeping arm 204 and folder body 226.Therefore the motion of connector 300 relative to clip 200 can be limited.In some embodiments, by clamp connector 300, vertical gap 314 (only illustrating in figure 3 a) can be obtained.Vertical gap 314 can make can insertion section 302 can to accommodate in lens subassembly can not with first clamp 200A physical interference.
Connector 300 can also comprise cable support portion 306.Cable support portion 306 generally comprises the part of support one or more optical cable (optical cable 102 of such as Figure 1A-1D) of connector 300.Such as, one or more optical cable can be accommodated in cable support portion 306, or is otherwise couple to cable support portion 306.In conjunction with reference Fig. 2 C and 3B, the size of the first distance 274 can be arranged to the cable support portion 306 holding connector 300.
Fig. 4 A and 4B shows the clip 200 connector 300 and an example of lens subassembly 400 being kept Fig. 2 A-2C engaged.Clip 200 can be configured to keep connector 300 engage with lens subassembly 400 and keep aiming between connector 300 with lens subassembly 400.In addition, clip 200 can be configured to unlock by applying actuation force 236, makes it possible to connector 300 to remove joint from lens subassembly 400.Fig. 4 A depicts the skeleton view of the clip 200 keeping connector 300 to engage with lens subassembly 400, and Fig. 4 B depicts the side view of the clip 200 keeping connector 300 to engage with lens subassembly 400.
Lens lock 228 front surfaces 404 that can be configured to lens subassembly 400 apply coupling mechanism force 234.More generally, lens lock 228 can be configured to the front surface 404 of cemented lens assembly 400, thus prevents clip 200 and connector 300 from moving relative to lens subassembly 400 in the negative x direction.Coupling mechanism force 234 can on basic negative x direction orientation, and the first confining force 244A can on basic positive x direction orientation.Therefore first confining force 244A and/or coupling mechanism force 234 can keep the joint between connector 300 and lens subassembly 400.
Preferably with in other embodiments, lens lock 228 length 406 that can be configured to along front surface 404 apply coupling mechanism force 234.Therefore, coupling mechanism force 234 approximately can be transmitted equably along length 406.Therefore, lens lock 228 can also keep aiming between lens subassembly 400 with connector 300.
When actuation force 236 triggers trip lever 220, connector maintaining body 202 can keep relatively fixing.Leading portion 242 can rotate clockwise around folder shoulder 216, and this can make lens lock 228 at basic positive y direction top offset, coupling mechanism force 234 is removed from front surface 404 and engages.The displacement of lens lock 228 on basic positive y direction is represented in figures 4 a and 4b by arrow 238.Then engage by making connector 300 and clip 200 move upward in basic negative x side to make connector 300 to remove from lens subassembly 400.
See Fig. 4 B, clip 200 can be configured to form the secure engagement between lens subassembly 400 and connector 300.Such as, lens subassembly 400 can have lens depth 402.Therefore, clip 200 can comprise length 280, and this length 280 can be locked 228 forward face 404 apply coupling mechanism force 234 at lens and connector 300 can be engaged with lens subassembly 400.
Refer back to Fig. 4 A and 4B, when connector 300 engages with lens subassembly 400, lens position arm 270 can the side surface 414 of contact lens assembly 400, or is retrained between which by lens subassembly 400 further.Only can see one of them side surface 414 and one of them lens position arm 270 in figures 4 a and 4b.Contact between lens position arm 270 and side surface 414 can reduce lens subassembly 400 relative to the motion of connector 300 on basic z direction.
In addition, in the embodiment drawn in figures 4 a and 4b, recess 282 can be configured to be housed in the cavity or depression that lens subassembly 414 comprises.When recess 282 is housed in cavity or depression, can produces and can contribute to keeping connector 300 and the power engaged between lens subassembly 400.
In these embodiments and other embodiments, unless can prevent from comprising the power with specific threshold size to lens subassembly 400 actuation force 236 that unlocks.This specific threshold can be determined by the Material selec-tion (such as rigidity, flexible etc.) of clip 200, the size etc. of folder shoulder (in Fig. 2 A-2C 216) at least in part.
In addition, preferably with in other embodiments, lens lock 228 can comprise radius 240.This radius 240 can reduce interference when being incorporated in lens subassembly 400 by the connector remained in connector maintaining body 202 300.Particularly, when connector 300 moves upward in positive x side, radius 240 can be slided along the top surface 412 of lens subassembly 400.When connector 300 motion makes lens lock 228 (such as have larger x coordinate) before front surface 404, lens lock 228 can move in the negative x direction or flick, and lens subassembly 400 can be locked onto connector 300 by this.
Fig. 5 A and 5B show have be covered with dust 122 the clip 200 of illustrative embodiments.Fig. 5 A depict be connected to be covered with dust 122 clip 200, Fig. 5 depict and the 122 points of clips opened 200 that are covered with dust.Being covered with dust in Fig. 5 A and 5B 122 comprises attachment structure 502.Attachment structure 502 can be configured to clip 200 to be connected to be covered with dust 122.Attachment structure 502 can limit notch 504.Notch 504 can correspond to rear port support member 212.Especially, notch 504 can comprise the shape similar with keep-spring arm 260.
In addition, notch 504 can comprise attachment slit 506.These attachment slits 506 can be configured to a part of accommodating supporting section 254.In conjunction with reference Fig. 2 C, 5A and 5B, the size of rear support length 276 can be arranged so that supporting section 254 comprises the material can accommodated by attachment slit 506.
Fig. 6 A and 6B shows a kind of exemplary multimode and practices 600.Fig. 6 A depicts the skeleton view that multimode practices 600, and Fig. 6 B depicts the side view cutaway drawing that multimode practices a part of 600.Multimode practices multiple examples that 600 comprise the optical-electric module 100 of Figure 1A-1D, and these examples can be installed on shared circuit board 602.
See Fig. 6 A, multimode practices the cable management system that 600 depict exemplary generally, this cable management system can multiple optical-electric module 100 (having marked one of them in fig. 6) come in close proximity to each other use environment in implement.These optical-electric modules 100 can in a row be arranged 604A-604C (usually, being called row 604) and 606A-606F in column (usually, being called row 606).In figures 6 a and 6b, relation between these optical-electric modules 100 and their positions in row 606 and row 604 are intended to show in term " upstream " and " downstream ".Particularly, the optical-electric module 100 in the first row 606A of first row 604A is referred to as the upstream of another optical-electric module 100 in the secondary series 606B of first row 604A.Similarly, the optical-electric module 100 in the secondary series 606B of first row 604A is downstreams of the optical-electric module 100 in the first row 606A of first row 604A.
The optical-electric module 100 often arranged in 604 can be directed similarly.Such as, often arranging in 604, multiple optical-electric module 100 can be oriented so that optical cable 102 (only marking wherein in fig. 6) extends from these optical-electric modules 100 on the same side.Such as, in fig. 6, the both sides of optical-electric module 100 can be defined as and be basically parallel to yz plane, and the both sides of optical-electric module 100 can be defined as and are basically parallel to xy plane.These optical-electric modules 100 can be oriented so that optical cable 102 is from being basically parallel to the first side of yz plane orientation out, and this first side has lower x coordinate compared to the second side being basically parallel to yz plane orientation.
In this orientation, from the tilting section 146 (in fig. 6 only marked one of them tilting section) of each optical-electric module 100 optical cable out 102 in the face of adjacent downstream optical-electric module 100.In addition, the cable trails 144 (only having marked one of them cable trails in fig. 6) of each optical-electric module 100 often arranged in 604 can be aimed at substantially.
In order to manage these optical cables 102, every bar optical cable 102 can be positioned in the cable trails 144 of each downstream optical-electric module 100.In addition or alternatively, optical cable 102 can be stacked in cable trails 144.Such as, in some embodiments, one or more upstream optical cable 102 can be stacked on the top of the optical cable 102 of one or more downstreams optical-electric module 100.
Such as, Fig. 6 B depicts the first row 604A of Fig. 6 A.In fig. 6b, optical-electric module 100 is labeled as optical-electric module 100A-100F respectively.First optical-electric module 100A in the upstream of the second optical-electric module 100B, the second optical-electric module 100B in the upstream of the 3rd optical-electric module 100C, etc.Each optical-electric module 100A-100F can comprise cable trails 144A-144F and tilting section 146A-146F.In addition, optical cable 102A-102F (usually, claiming an optical cable 102 or multiple optical cable 102) from each optical-electric module 100A-100F out.
First optical cable 102A can from the first optical-electric module 100A out.Then first optical cable 102A can contact a part of the second tilting section 146B of the second optical-electric module 100B.First optical cable 102A can be positioned in the second cable trails 144B of the second optical-electric module 100B.Second tilting section 146B can be configured to (such as comprising the angle 150 of Figure 1B) makes to be applied to the bending of the first optical cable 102A and does not exceed maximum acceptable bending radius.
Second optical cable 102B can from the second optical-electric module 100B out.Then second optical cable 102B can contact a part of the 3rd tilting section 146C of the 3rd optical-electric module 100C.First optical cable 102A and the second optical cable 102B can be positioned in the 3rd cable trails 144C of the 3rd optical-electric module 100C.In the 3rd cable trails 144C, on the top of the second optical cable 102B that the first optical cable 102A can be stacking.3rd tilting section 146C can be configured to (such as comprising the angle 150 of Figure 1B) makes to be applied to the bending of the second optical cable 102B and does not exceed maximum acceptable bending radius.
Similarly, the 3rd optical cable 102C, the 4th optical cable 102D can be positioned in the 144D-144F of optical cable path together with the second optical cable 102B with the first optical cable 102A with the 5th optical cable 102E.In addition, every bar optical cable 102A-102E can be supported by the tilting section 146D-146F just in optical-electric module 100D-100F downstream.In addition, once after being positioned in cable trails 144, optical cable 102 motion in a z-direction can just be limited.
The present invention can embody with other concrete forms.Described embodiment is considered to be only illustrative but not determinate in every respect.Therefore scope of the present invention is pointed out by appended claim instead of by description above.All changes in the implication of equal value and scope of claim are included in their scope.
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1. a cable clamp, be configured to keep optical interface and the joint being included in the lens subassembly in optical-electric module, described cable clamp comprises:
Leading portion;
Folder body, at folder, shoulder place is connected to described leading portion;
Connector maintaining body, be configured to keep optical interface, wherein said connector maintaining body extends from described folder body;
Lens are locked, and are positioned at first end place, and wherein said lens lock is configured to lock described lens subassembly when a part for described optical interface is housed in described lens subassembly; And
Trip lever, is connected to described leading portion, and wherein said trip lever is configured to the applying of the actuation force more than in response to specific threshold size and is unlocked from described lens subassembly by described lens lock.
2. cable clamp according to claim 1, wherein said connector maintaining body comprises:
Keeping arm, is configured at least in part around described optical interface; And
Rear port support member, is configured to support described optical interface.
3. cable clamp according to claim 1, wherein said trip lever comprises secondary lock, and described secondary lock is configured to engage with the secondary lock opening in the module housing being limited to described optical-electric module.
4. cable clamp according to claim 3, wherein said secondary lock is configured to remove from described secondary lock opening in response to the applying of described trigger force engage.
5. cable clamp according to claim 1, wherein said trip lever comprises a length, and described length is defined as and a part for described trip lever is stretched out from the module housing of described optical-electric module.
6. cable clamp according to claim 1, wherein said connector maintaining body comprises rear port support member, and wherein said rear port support arrangement becomes and applies confining force being held on the described optical interface in described connector maintaining body.
7. cable clamp according to claim 1, wherein said lens lock comprises radius, and described radius is configured to the interference reduced when being incorporated in described lens subassembly by described optical interface between described cable clamp and described lens subassembly.
8. a connector assembly, be configured to the module housing being positioned at optical-electric module at least in part, described connector assembly comprises:
Cable clamp, be configured to keep when described cable clamp is locked optical interface with the joint between lens subassembly and allowed when described cable clamp unlocks described connector to remove from described lens subassembly engaging, wherein said cable clamp comprises trip lever, the size of described trip lever is arranged to when described connector is housed in described lens subassembly relative to described module housing, a part for described trip lever is stretched out from described module housing, wherein said trip lever is configured in response to the actuation force in the described part that described module housing stretches out being applied to described trip lever and described cable clamp is unlocked,
Be covered with dust, be configured at least in part around described connector and described cable clamp, the wherein said space being sized to substantially fill between described connector and module openings that is covered with dust, described connector assembly is incorporated in described module housing by described module openings.
9. connector assembly according to claim 8, wherein said cable clamp comprises the connector maintaining body being configured to keep described connector relative to described cable clamp.
10. connector assembly according to claim 9, wherein said connector maintaining body comprises the rear port support member being configured to apply confining force to the rear surface of described connector.
11. connector assemblies according to claim 10, wherein said cable clamp comprises and is configured to elastic bending and the rear port support member applying described confining force.
12. connector assemblies according to claim 8, wherein said cable clamp comprises the lens lock at the first end place being positioned at leading portion, and described lens lock is configured to the front surface contacting described lens subassembly when described connector is housed in described lens subassembly.
13. connector assemblies according to claim 12, wherein said trip lever is configured to remove from described lens subassembly in response to the applying of described actuation force engage.
14. connector assemblies according to claim 13, wherein:
Described trip lever comprises secondary lock, and described secondary lock is configured to engage with the secondary lock opening be limited in described module housing; And
Described trip lever is configured to remove from described secondary lock opening in response to described actuation force engage.
15. connector assemblies according to claim 8, wherein said cable clamp comprises:
Leading portion;
Folder body, at folder, shoulder place is connected to described leading portion;
Trip lever, is connected to described leading portion;
Connector maintaining body, is configured to keep described connector and is connected to described folder body; And
Multiple lens position arm, extends from described connector maintaining body, and wherein these lens position arms are configured to by described lens subassembly constraint between which,
Wherein said leading portion is configured in response to the confining force applied to described trip lever and rotates, and described folder shoulder is configured to the rotation reducing the described connector maintaining body relevant to the rotation of described leading portion.
16. connector assemblies according to claim 8, wherein said being covered with dust comprises attachment structure, is covered with dust described in described attachment structure is configured to described cable clamp to be attached to.
17. 1 kinds of cable clamp, be configured to the joint between mechanical transfer (MT) connector that keeps and the lens subassembly being included in optical-electric module, described MT connector has and is configured to and 24 of 24 data channel communication optical channels, described optical-electric module is configured to 25 gigabit per seconds (G) or higher data speed transmission, and described cable clamp comprises:
Folder body;
Connector maintaining body, be configured to keep described MT connector, wherein said connector maintaining body extends from described folder body;
Leading portion, is attached to described folder body by folder shoulder;
Lens are locked, and are positioned at one end of described leading portion, and described lens lock is configured to apply coupling mechanism force when described MT connector is housed in described lens subassembly to the front surface of described lens subassembly; And
Trip lever, extends from described front portion and described trip lever is sized to stretch out from module housing part, and wherein said trip lever is configured in response to the actuation force being applied to described trip lever and rotates described leading portion.
18. cable clamp according to claim 17, wherein said connector maintaining body comprises:
Keeping arm, be configured at least in part around described MT connector by support portion and not around described MT connector can insertion section;
Keep-spring arm, the rear surface be configured to described MT connector applies the first confining force, to remain on forward position by described optical interface relative to described cable clamp; And
Upper supporting section and described horizontal support section, described upper supporting section and described horizontal support section are configured to by the back support of described MT connector between which.
19. cable clamp according to claim 18, also comprise multiple lens position arm, and these lens position arms extend from described connector maintaining body, and wherein these lens position arms are configured to by described lens subassembly constraint between which.
20. cable clamp according to claim 18, wherein said trip lever comprises secondary lock, described secondary lock is configured to engage with the secondary lock opening in the module housing being limited to described optical-electric module, and wherein said secondary lock is also configured to remove from described secondary lock opening in response to the applying of described trigger force engage.
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