CN115166905A - Light pipe and connector - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention relates to a light guide pipe and a connector, wherein the light guide pipe comprises two light guide columns arranged at intervals, and an incident light connecting transverse column and an emergent light connecting transverse column which are connected between the two light guide columns, each light guide column is provided with an incident light part and an emergent light part, the incident light part is provided with a light condensation structure for increasing emergent light intensity, the light condensation structure comprises an installation shell and a light condensation lens arranged in the installation shell, the light condensation lens is provided with a conical mirror surface, and the light guide pipe can increase emergent light intensity, so that the optical signal transmission requirement of the connector can be met.
Description
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of connectors, in particular to a light guide pipe and a connector.
Background
A connector is a device for connecting two active devices for transmitting current or signals. The signal transmitted by the connector includes an optical signal, and the light pipe is a component for realizing the optical signal transmitted by the connector. However, the light incident surface of the light pipe of the conventional connector is generally a plane, which results in poor light emitting intensity and fails to satisfy the requirement of the conventional connector for transmitting light signals.
Disclosure of Invention
An object of the present invention is to provide a light guide tube and a connector, in which the light guide tube is provided with a light condensing structure at a light incident portion, so that the light emitting intensity can be increased, and the use requirement of the connector can be satisfied.
The invention provides a light guide pipe which comprises two light guide columns arranged at intervals, and an incident light connecting transverse column and an emergent light connecting transverse column connected between the two light guide columns, wherein each light guide column is provided with an incident light part and an emergent light part, the incident light part is provided with a light condensation structure for increasing emergent light intensity, the light condensation structure comprises an installation shell and a light condensation mirror arranged in the installation shell, and the light condensation mirror is provided with a conical mirror surface.
In an embodiment of the invention, the light incident portion includes two platform structures and the light condensing structure disposed in the two platform structures, and the mounting shell is a hollow truncated cone-shaped shell having two arched lateral surfaces respectively extending from two lateral surfaces of the light guide column.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the two platform structures are respectively provided with an arc-shaped inner side wall corresponding to a circular truncated cone side surface of the mounting shell, and a separation groove is formed between the arc-shaped inner side wall and the circular truncated cone side surface of the mounting shell.
In an embodiment of the invention, the light guide pillar includes a first light guide arm and a second light guide arm extending from the first light guide arm in a bending manner, wherein the light incident portion is disposed at an end of the first light guide arm away from the second light guide arm, and a width of the second light guide arm is smaller than a width of the first light guide arm.
In an embodiment of the invention, the light guide pillar has an L-shaped structure.
In an embodiment of the invention, the light emitting portion includes a first light emitting portion and a second light emitting portion connected to the first light emitting portion, the first light emitting portion is a prism-shaped structure, and the second light emitting portion is a cylindrical structure.
In an embodiment of the invention, the light-in connecting cross rod is connected to one side of the two light guide rods close to the light-in portion, the light-out connecting cross rod is connected to one side of the two light guide rods close to the light-out portion, and the light-in connecting cross rod and the light-out connecting cross rod are both provided with a fastening structure, so that the light guide pipes can be mounted on the connector.
In an embodiment of the invention, the fastening structure of the light-in connection transverse pillar extends in a direction perpendicular to the first light guide arm, and the fastening structure of the light-out connection transverse pillar extends in a direction perpendicular to the second light guide arm.
The present invention also provides in another aspect a connector comprising the light pipe.
The light guide pipe is provided with the light condensation structure at the light inlet part, and the light condensation structure can improve the luminous flux of the light guide pipe and increase the light emitting intensity of the light guide pipe, so that the light signal transmission requirement of the connector can be met.
Further objects and advantages of the invention will be fully apparent from the ensuing description and drawings.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of the light guide tube according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.
Fig. 2 is an enlarged schematic view of a portion a of the light guide tube shown in fig. 1.
Fig. 3 is a schematic perspective view of the light guide shown in fig. 1 from another viewing angle.
FIG. 4 is a schematic top view of the light guide tube shown in FIG. 1.
FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view of the light pipe along the axis B-B of FIG. 4.
Fig. 6 is an enlarged schematic view of a portion C of the light guide pipe shown in fig. 5.
Fig. 7 is a light flux simulation diagram of a conventional connector light pipe.
Fig. 8 is a simulation diagram illustrating the light guiding effect of the light guide tube of the conventional connector.
Fig. 9 is a light flux simulation diagram of the light guide tube shown in fig. 1.
Fig. 10 is a simulation diagram illustrating the light guiding effect of the light guide tube shown in fig. 1.
The reference numbers indicate: a light pipe 10; a light guide post 11; a first light guide arm 111; a second light guide arm 112; an incident light section 20; a light-condensing structure 21; a mounting case 211; a truncated cone side 2111; arcuate sides 2112; a condenser lens 212; a conical mirror surface 2121; a platform structure 22; an arcuate inner sidewall 221; a separation groove 222; a light emitting portion 30; a first light emitting portion 31; a second light emitting portion 32; a light-in connection cross-post 41; a light-emitting connecting cross post 42; a fastening structure 43; the connecting arm 44.
Detailed Description
The following description is presented to disclose the invention so as to enable any person skilled in the art to practice the invention. The preferred embodiments described below are by way of example only, and other obvious variations will occur to those skilled in the art. The basic principles of the invention, as defined in the following description, may be applied to other embodiments, variations, modifications, equivalents, and other technical solutions without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
It will be understood by those skilled in the art that in the present disclosure, the terms "vertical," "lateral," "up," "down," "front," "back," "left," "right," "vertical," "horizontal," "top," "bottom," "inner," "outer," and the like are used in the orientation or positional relationship indicated in the drawings for ease of description and simplicity of description, and do not indicate or imply that the referenced device or element must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and thus, the above terms should not be construed as limiting the present invention.
It is understood that the terms "a" and "an" should be interpreted as meaning that a number of one element or element is one in one embodiment, while a number of other elements is one in another embodiment, and the terms "a" and "an" should not be interpreted as limiting the number.
In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless otherwise explicitly specified or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, e.g., as meaning either a fixed connection, a removable connection, or an integral connection; may be mechanically, electrically or may be in communication with each other; either directly or indirectly through intervening media, either internally or in any other relationship. The specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.
As shown in fig. 1 to 6, a detailed structure of the light guide 10 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is illustrated.
Specifically, the light guide pipe 10 includes two light guide posts 11 arranged at intervals, and an incident light connection post 41 and an emergent light connection post 42 connected between the two light guide posts 11, each light guide post 11 has an incident portion 20 and an emergent portion 30, the incident portion 20 is provided with a light condensing structure 21 for increasing the emergent light intensity, the light condensing structure 21 includes an installation shell 211 and a condenser lens 212 arranged in the installation shell 211, and the condenser lens 212 has a tapered mirror surface 2121.
More specifically, the light incident portion 20 includes two platform structures 22 and the light condensing structure 21 disposed in the two platform structures 22, and the mounting shell 211 is a hollow truncated cone-shaped shell having two arched lateral surfaces 2112 extending from two lateral surfaces of the light guide bar 11.
It should be noted that, the two platform structures 22 are respectively provided with an arc-shaped inner side wall 221 corresponding to the circular truncated cone side 2111 of the mounting housing 211, and a separation groove 222 is formed between the arc-shaped inner side wall 221 and the circular truncated cone side 2111 of the mounting housing 211.
Further, the light guide post 11 includes a first light guide arm 111 and a second light guide arm 112 extending from the first light guide arm 111 in a bending manner, wherein the light incident portion 20 is disposed at an end of the first light guide arm 111 far away from the second light guide arm 112, and a width of the second light guide arm 112 is smaller than a width of the first light guide arm 111.
It can be understood that the second light guide arm 112 extends along a direction perpendicular to the first light guide arm 111, i.e. the light guide bar 11 has an L-shaped structure as a whole.
Specifically, the light emitting portion 30 includes a first light emitting portion 31 and a second light emitting portion 32 connected to the first light emitting portion 31, where the first light emitting portion 31 has a prism-shaped structure, and the second light emitting portion 32 has a cylindrical structure.
It is worth mentioning that go into optical connection spreader 41 connect in two being close to of leaded light post 11 go into one side of light portion 20, light-emitting connection spreader 42 connect in two being close to of leaded light post 11 go out one side of light portion 30, go into optical connection spreader 41 with light-emitting connection spreader 42 all is provided with fastening structure 43, so that leaded light pipe 10 can install on the connector.
In this embodiment of the present invention, the fastening structure 43 of the light-in connecting beam 41 is a block structure and extends along a direction perpendicular to the first light guiding arm 111, and the fastening structure 43 of the light-out connecting beam 42 is a snap structure and extends along a direction perpendicular to the second light guiding arm 112.
It should be understood that in some embodiments of the present invention, the fastening structure 43 may have other extending directions, and the specific structure thereof may be designed according to the specific type and installation requirement of the connector, so as to meet the installation requirement of the light pipe 10 in the connector.
It should be noted that the light guide 10 further includes a connecting arm 44 connected to the first light guiding arm 111 of the two light guiding columns 11, and the connecting arm 44 is located above the light incident connection cross-bar 41 and is located closer to the light incident portion 20. The connecting arm 44 is also configured to facilitate installation of the light pipe 10 in the connector, and may be configured according to specific requirements.
The applicant carried out simulation experiments on the light guiding effect of the light guiding pipe of the existing connector and the light guiding pipe 10 of the present invention. The experimental data are shown in fig. 7 to 10.
As shown in fig. 7, the light flux of the light guide (the light incident surface is a plane) of the conventional connector is 0.0033011Im, and as can be seen from the simulation diagram of the optical signal transmission effect shown in fig. 8, the degree of diffusion of the optical signal transmission is large. As shown in fig. 9, since the light guide 10 of the present invention is added with the light-gathering structure 21, the light flux can reach 0.0052162Im, compared with the light guide of the conventional connector, the light flux of the light guide 10 of the present invention is improved by about 58%, and as can be seen from the simulation diagram of the light signal transmission effect illustrated in fig. 10, the light signal transmission of the present invention has a small degree of diffusion, and the light signal is more dense.
Therefore, the light guide pipe 10 of the present invention can increase the light emitting intensity and meet the optical signal transmission requirement of the connector.
It will also be appreciated that the present invention also provides in another aspect a connector comprising the light pipe 10.
In summary, the present invention provides a light guide 10 capable of increasing light output intensity, in which a light condensing structure 21 is disposed at the light inlet portion 20 of the light guide 10, the light condensing structure 21 can increase light flux of the light guide 10, increase light output intensity of the light guide 10, and thus can meet the requirement of optical signal transmission of a connector.
The technical features of the above embodiments can be arbitrarily combined, and for the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of the technical features in the above embodiments are not described, but should be considered as the scope of the present specification as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features.
The above examples only express preferred embodiments of the present invention, and the description thereof is more specific and detailed, but not construed as limiting the scope of the invention. It should be noted that various changes and modifications can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the invention, and these changes and modifications are all within the scope of the invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present patent shall be subject to the appended claims.
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1. The utility model provides a light pipe, its characterized in that, including two leaded light posts that the interval set up and connect in two the transverse column is connected to income light between the leaded light post and light-emitting, each leaded light post has into light portion and light-emitting portion, it is provided with the spotlight structure that is used for increasing light-emitting intensity to go into light portion, the spotlight structure including the installation shell with set up in condensing lens in the installation shell, the condensing lens has the toper mirror surface.
2. The light pipe of claim 1, wherein the light incident portion comprises two platform structures and the light condensing structure disposed in the two platform structures, and the mounting housing is a hollow truncated cone shaped housing having two arched sides respectively extending from two sides of the light guiding column.
3. The light pipe of claim 2, wherein the two platform structures are respectively provided with an arc-shaped inner side wall corresponding to the circular truncated cone side surface of the mounting housing, and a separation groove is formed between the arc-shaped inner side wall and the circular truncated cone side surface of the mounting housing.
4. A light pipe according to claim 3, wherein the light guide pillar comprises a first light guide arm and a second light guide arm extending from the first light guide arm in a curved manner, wherein the light incident portion is disposed at an end of the first light guide arm away from the second light guide arm, and a width of the second light guide arm is smaller than a width of the first light guide arm.
5. A light pipe as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein said light pipe is an L-shaped structure.
6. A light guide tube according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the light exit portion includes a first light exit portion and a second light exit portion connected to the first light exit portion, the first light exit portion has a prism-shaped structure, and the second light exit portion has a cylindrical structure.
7. A light pipe according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein said light-in connecting beam is connected to a side of two light guiding beams adjacent to said light-in portion, said light-out connecting beam is connected to a side of two light guiding beams adjacent to said light-out portion, and said light-in connecting beam and said light-out connecting beam are both provided with a fastening structure, so that said light pipe can be mounted on a connector.
8. The light pipe of claim 7, wherein the fastening structure of the light-in connecting beam extends in a direction perpendicular to the first light guiding arm, and the fastening structure of the light-out connecting beam extends in a direction perpendicular to the second light guiding arm.
9. A connector comprising the light pipe of any one of claims 1 to 8.
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