CN114185136B - Optical fiber connector with alternating switch locking - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses an optical fiber connector with an alternative switch locking position, which comprises a connector front sleeve and a connector rear sleeve, wherein the connector front sleeve is provided with a positioning slideway, one end of the positioning slideway is provided with a button, the other end of the positioning slideway is provided with a lock catch, an elastic piece and a lock catch shovel are respectively arranged in the positioning slideway between the button and the lock catch, the connector rear sleeve is provided with a lock catch clamping hole, and the button acts on the elastic piece to push the lock catch shovel to lock or release the lock catch on the lock catch clamping hole. Optical fiber connector when pressing the button, the elastic component promotes the hasp shovel in the slide of location and goes into the hasp card hole of cover behind the connector with the hasp control at the extreme low position and card to upwards bounce-back chucking is on hasp card hole, thereby realize the function of locking, when pressing the button once more, the hasp leaves hasp card hole along the slide of location return stroke landing under the effect of elastic component, the hasp shovel returns, realize the unblock function, thereby play the convenient effect of plug, need not to carry out the plug with the help of the instrument.
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Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of optical fiber connectors, in particular to an optical fiber connector with an alternate switch locking position.
Background
An optical fiber connector is a device for detachable (movable) connection between optical fibers, and precisely butt-joints two end faces of the optical fibers so as to maximally couple light energy output by a transmitting optical fiber into a receiving optical fiber and minimize the influence on a system caused by the optical fiber connector intervening in an optical link. However, when the conventional optical fiber connector is used for a high-density connector, the insertion and the extraction need to be performed by means of a tool, so that the problem of inconvenience in insertion and extraction is caused.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide an optical fiber connector which is convenient to insert and pull and is locked by an alternate switch.
The invention provides an optical fiber connector with an alternative switch locking position, which comprises a connector front sleeve and a connector rear sleeve, wherein the connector front sleeve is provided with a positioning slideway, one end of the positioning slideway is provided with a button, the other end of the positioning slideway is provided with a lock catch, an elastic piece and a lock catch shovel are respectively arranged in the positioning slideway between the button and the lock catch, the connector rear sleeve is provided with a lock catch clamping hole, and the button acts on the elastic piece to push the lock catch shovel to lock or release the lock catch on the lock catch clamping hole.
Preferably, the end of the lock catch close to the lock catch shovel is provided with a slope end, and the slope end is matched with the lock catch shovel.
Preferably, the end of the latch facing the rear sleeve of the connector is provided with a rounded end.
Preferably, the lock shovel comprises a shovel portion and a shovel handle connected with the shovel portion, the shovel portion faces the lock, and the shovel handle is connected with the elastic piece.
Preferably, the elastic part comprises a first ratchet wheel, a second ratchet wheel and a spring, a connecting rod is arranged at the front end of the first ratchet wheel and connected with the button, a rear end gear is arranged at the rear end of the first ratchet wheel, a front end gear is arranged on the second ratchet wheel matched with the rear end gear of the first ratchet wheel, the rear end of the second ratchet wheel is connected with one end of the spring, and the other end of the spring is sleeved on the shovel handle.
Preferably, the connector front cover comprises a sheath provided with a button mounting portion.
Preferably, the connector front sleeve further comprises a support, a shovel handle hole is formed in the support, the shovel handle penetrates through the shovel handle hole to enable the spring sleeve to be arranged on the shovel handle, a support mounting hole is formed in a sheath matched with the support, and the support is mounted on the sheath through the support mounting hole.
Preferably, the connector front sleeve further comprises a ferrule sleeve, a lock catch groove is formed in the ferrule sleeve, the lock catch is mounted in the lock catch groove, a ferrule sleeve mounting hole is formed in a support matched with the ferrule sleeve, and the ferrule sleeve is mounted on the support through the ferrule sleeve mounting hole.
Preferably, the shovel handle hole and the lock catch groove are communicated with the positioning slide way.
Preferably, the button is a button handle.
When the button is pressed down again, the lock catch leaves the lock catch clamping hole and slides back and slides down along the positioning slide way under the action of the elastic piece, the lock catch shovel returns, the unlocking function is realized, and therefore the effect of convenient plugging and unplugging is achieved without the help of tools for plugging and unplugging.
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FIG. 1 is a front view of a schematic diagram of a front connector sleeve and a rear connector sleeve assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a top view of a schematic diagram of the assembly of a connector front sleeve and a connector rear sleeve provided by an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is an exploded view of an alternative switch capture fiber optic connector according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the initial locked state of the optical fiber connector with the locking position of the alternating switch when the optical fiber connector is unlocked and released;
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating a latch being continuously tilted when the optical fiber connector is unlocked;
FIG. 6 is a schematic view of the second ratchet rotating state when the fiber optic connector is unlocked with the switch locked alternately;
FIG. 7 is a schematic view of the mated positions of the first and second ratchet wheels of the release button handle when the fiber optic connector of the alternate switch capture is unlocked;
FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of the optical fiber connector with the alternating switch locked to achieve the unlocking function;
FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram illustrating a state where the latch continues to tilt when the optical fiber connector of the alternate switch locking position is locked;
FIG. 10 is a schematic view of the state where the first ratchet wheel and the second ratchet wheel are engaged with each other when the optical fiber connector is locked by the alternate switch lock;
fig. 11 is a schematic diagram of the optical fiber connector with the locking function of the alternating switch.
Detailed Description
The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the drawings and examples. It is to be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not limiting of the invention. It should be further noted that, for the convenience of description, only some structures related to the present invention are shown in the drawings, not all of them.
The optical fiber connector with the alternative switch locking position provided by the embodiment of the invention comprises a connector front sleeve 1 and a connector rear sleeve 2, wherein the connector front sleeve 1 is provided with a positioning slideway 1-1, one end of the positioning slideway 1-1 is provided with a button 1-2, the button 1-2 is a button handle, the other end of the positioning slideway is provided with a lock catch 1-3, an elastic piece and a lock catch shovel 1-4 are respectively arranged in the positioning slideway between the button 1-2 and the lock catch 1-3, the lock catch shovel 1-4 comprises a shovel part and a shovel part connected with the shovel part, the shovel part faces towards the lock catch 1-3, the elastic piece comprises a first ratchet 1-5, a second ratchet 1-6 and a spring 1-7, as shown in figure 3, the front end part of the first ratchet 1-5 is provided with a connecting rod, the connecting rod is connected with the button 1-2, the rear end part of the first ratchet 1-5 is provided with a rear end gear, a second ratchet 1-6 matched with the rear end part gear is provided with the first ratchet front end part, the second ratchet is provided with a gear, the rear end part of the second ratchet and the second ratchet is connected with the button 1-2, the lock catch 2 is provided with a locking hole, the lock catch 1-2, and the lock catch 2 is provided with the lock catch 2, and the lock catch 1-2, and the lock catch 1-2 is provided with the elastic piece, and the lock catch 2, and the lock catch 1-2 is provided with a locking hole, and the lock catch 2. The end part of the lock catch 1-3 close to the lock catch shovel is provided with a slope end part, and the slope end part is matched with the lock catch shovel 1-4. The end of the lock catch 1-3 facing the connector rear sleeve 2 is provided with a rounded end. The connector front sleeve 1 comprises sheaths 1-8, and the sheaths are provided with button installation parts. The connector front sleeve 1 further comprises supports 1-9, a shovel handle hole is formed in each support, the shovel handle penetrates through the shovel handle hole to enable the springs 1-7 to be sleeved on the shovel handle, a support mounting hole is formed in a sheath matched with each support, and each support is mounted on the corresponding sheath 1-8 through the corresponding support mounting hole 1-9. The connector front sleeve 1 further comprises a ferrule sleeve 1-10, a lock catch groove is formed in the ferrule sleeve 1-10, the lock catch 1-3 is installed in the lock catch groove, a ferrule sleeve installation hole is formed in a support 1-9 matched with the ferrule sleeve 1-10, and the ferrule sleeve 1-10 is installed on the support 1-9 through the ferrule sleeve installation hole. The shovel handle hole and the lock catch groove are communicated with the positioning slide way 1-1.
And (4) unlocking function:
in the initial locking state, all parts are matched as shown in figure 4, the lock catch 1-3 is upwards tilted and clamped in the lock catch clamping hole 2-1 to lock the rear sleeve 2 of the connector. When the button handle is pushed forward, the first ratchet wheels 1-5 and the second ratchet wheels 1-6 are promoted, the lock shovel 1-4 moves forward, the shovel parts of the lock shovel 1-4 are embedded into the slope end parts of the lock catches 1-3, the lock catches 1-3 continuously tilt at the moment because the end parts of the lock catches 1-3 facing the connector rear sleeve 2 are provided with the rounded end parts, the button handle is pushed to the forefront end as shown in figure 5, the front end part gear of the second ratchet wheels 1-6 rotates to the slope of the rear end part gear of the first ratchet wheels 1-5 as shown in figure 6, the button handle is released, the matching positions of the first ratchet wheels 1-5 and the second ratchet wheels 1-6 are started to descend as shown in figure 7 until the second ratchet wheels 1-6 are static under the action of the springs 1-7, the positions 1-3 are lowered to the lowest point as shown in figure 8, and the initial lock releasing state is realized by the optical fiber connector of the alternate opening and closing lock positions.
Locking function:
in an initial loosening state, the matching positions of the first ratchet wheels 1-5 and the second ratchet wheels 1-6 are shown in fig. 8, the button handle is pushed forwards, so that the shovel parts of the first ratchet wheels 1-5, the second ratchet wheels 1-6 and the lock shovel 1-4 are embedded into the slope end parts of the lock catches 1-3, as the end parts of the lock catches 1-3 facing the connector rear sleeve 2 are provided with the rounded end parts, the lock catches 1-3 are continuously tilted, as shown in fig. 9, the button handle is continuously pushed forwards to the foremost end, as shown in fig. 10, the matching states of the first ratchet wheels 1-5 and the second ratchet wheels 1-6 are shown in fig. 10, the button handle is loosened, the second ratchet wheels 1-6 are moved leftwards under the action of the springs 1-7, as the front end part gears of the second ratchet wheels 1-6 and the rear end part gears of the first ratchet wheels 1-5 have slopes, the lock catches 1-3 are tilted and tightly abut against the lock catching holes of the connector rear sleeve 2, so that the whole device achieves a locking state, and a locking function is achieved.
The foregoing is a further detailed description of the invention in connection with specific preferred embodiments and it is not intended to limit the invention to the specific embodiments described. For those skilled in the art to which the invention pertains, several simple deductions or substitutions can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention, and all shall be considered as belonging to the protection scope of the invention.
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1. The optical fiber connector is characterized by comprising a connector front sleeve and a connector rear sleeve, wherein the connector front sleeve is provided with a positioning slide way, one end of the positioning slide way is provided with a button, the other end of the positioning slide way is provided with a lock catch, an elastic piece and a lock catch shovel are respectively arranged in the positioning slide way between the button and the lock catch, the lock catch shovel comprises a shovel handle connected with a shovel part, the shovel part faces the lock catch, and the shovel handle is connected with the elastic piece; the elastic piece comprises a first ratchet wheel, a second ratchet wheel and a spring, a connecting rod is arranged at the front end part of the first ratchet wheel and connected with the button, a rear end part gear is arranged at the rear end part of the first ratchet wheel, a front end part gear is arranged on the second ratchet wheel matched with the rear end part gear of the first ratchet wheel, the rear end part of the second ratchet wheel is connected with one end of the spring, and the other end of the spring is sleeved on the shovel handle; the connector rear sleeve is provided with a lock catch clamping hole, and the button acts on the elastic piece to push the lock catch shovel to lock or unlock the lock catch on the lock catch clamping hole.
2. The fiber optic connector of claim 1, wherein an end of the latch proximate to the latch blade is provided with a ramped end that mates with the latch blade.
3. The interleaved fiber optic connector according to claim 2 wherein the end of the latch facing the rear connector housing is provided with a rounded end.
4. The alternant switch capture fiber optic connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the connector front boot includes a boot provided with a push button mount.
5. The alternating-type switch-locked fiber optic connector according to claim 4, wherein the connector front sleeve further comprises a bracket, the bracket is provided with a shovel shaft hole, the shovel shaft penetrates through the shovel shaft hole to sleeve the spring sleeve on the shovel shaft, a bracket mounting hole is formed in a sheath matched with the bracket, and the bracket is mounted on the sheath through the bracket mounting hole.
6. The optical fiber connector of the alternating-type switch locking position according to claim 5, wherein the connector front sleeve further comprises a ferrule sleeve, the ferrule sleeve is provided with a lock catch groove, the lock catch is installed in the lock catch groove, a ferrule sleeve installation hole is formed on the support matched with the ferrule sleeve, and the ferrule sleeve is installed on the support through the ferrule sleeve installation hole.
7. The fiber optic connector of claim 6, wherein the spade shank bore and the latch channel are in communication with a positioning channel.
8. The alternant switch capture fiber optic connector of any one of claims 1-7, wherein the button is a button handle.
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