CN219496755U - High-reliability optical fiber array - Google Patents

Abstract

The present application relates to a high reliability fiber optic array, comprising: a fixed block; the threading channel assembly is at least provided with one group, the threading channel assembly is arranged in the fixed block, the threading channel assembly comprises a plurality of threading grooves, the threading grooves are equidistantly arranged in the fixed block, each threading groove comprises a through groove and an arc groove, the through grooves and the arc grooves are all arranged in the fixed block, the through grooves are communicated with the arc grooves, an arc line formed by the arc grooves is tangent to a straight line formed by the through grooves, and the angle range A of the arc line formed by the arc grooves is 80-90 degrees; this application is fixed through using the arc groove to the optical fiber bending, can make optic fibre and threading groove uniform contact to increase the contact surface of optic fibre, make the optic fibre atress more even, the atress is uneven to lead to damaging when just so can avoiding optic fibre to adopt mechanical external force to crooked, has improved the reliability of optical fiber assembly greatly, and the practicality is strong.

Description

High-reliability optical fiber array

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of optical fiber arrays, in particular to a high-reliability optical fiber array.

Background

The optical fiber array is widely applied to products such as optical modules, optical components and the like, and can be used for conveniently manufacturing multipath parallel optical modules with different channels by applying the optical fiber arrays with different channel numbers; in this type of application, the optical path is often required to be turned by about 90 degrees, but because the bending radius of the optical fiber is less than 5mm, the optical fiber is usually bent by adopting a mechanical external force in the related art, and then the bent optical fiber is fixed to avoid the breakage of the optical fiber, but the fixing manner of bending often leads to uneven stress and damage of the optical fiber, which can lead to poor reliability of the product.

In view of the foregoing, a high reliability fiber array is now devised.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the application provides a high-reliability optical fiber array, which is used for solving the problems that in the related art, mechanical external force is firstly adopted to bend optical fibers, then the optical fibers are fixed in a mode that the stress of the optical fibers is uneven and damaged, and further the reliability of products is poor.

In a first aspect, a high reliability fiber optic array is provided, comprising:

a fixed block;

the threading passageway subassembly, it is equipped with a set of at least, the threading passageway subassembly is all established in the fixed block, the threading passageway subassembly includes a plurality of threading grooves, a plurality of the threading groove equidistance is established in the fixed block, the threading groove is including leading to groove and arc groove, it all sets up in the fixed block to lead to groove and arc groove, it communicates with each other with the arc groove to lead to the groove, the pitch arc that the arc groove formed is tangent with the straight line that leads to the groove formed, the angle scope A of the radian of pitch arc that the arc groove formed is 80 degrees ~ 90 degrees.

In some embodiments, the end of the through groove away from the arc groove is provided with a bell mouth, and the caliber of the bell mouth away from one end of the through groove is larger than that of the other end.

In some embodiments, the fixing block is provided with grooves corresponding to the threading channel assemblies one by one, the grooves are communicated with the through grooves, and drainage grooves corresponding to the through grooves are formed in the grooves.

In some embodiments, the plurality of grooves are arranged on the fixed block in a step shape.

In some embodiments, the fixed block is provided with a bracket.

In some embodiments, the fixing block and the bracket are integrally arranged and made by injection molding process.

The embodiment of the application provides a high reliability fiber array, and this application is fixed through using the arc groove to the optical fiber bending, can make optic fibre and threading groove uniform contact to increase the contact surface of optic fibre, make the optic fibre atress more even, the atress is uneven when just so can avoid optic fibre to adopt the bending of mechanical external force to lead to damaging, has improved the reliability of fiber assembly greatly, and the practicality is strong.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the drawings that are needed in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and that other drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.

Fig. 1 is a schematic three-dimensional structure provided in an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional structure before polishing according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a polished structure according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a schematic distribution diagram of two sets of threading channel assemblies according to an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view of two sets of threading channel assemblies provided in accordance with an embodiment of the present application;

FIG. 7 is a schematic three-dimensional structure provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of an application structure provided in an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 9 is a cross-sectional view of an application structure according to an embodiment of the present application.

In the figure: 1. a fixed block; 2. a threading channel assembly; 21. a wire penetrating groove; 211. a through groove; 212. an arc-shaped groove; 3. a horn mouth; 4. a groove; 5. drainage grooves; 6. a bracket; 10. an optical fiber.

Detailed Description

For the purposes of making the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present application more clear, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by one of ordinary skill in the art without undue burden from the present disclosure, are within the scope of the present application based on the embodiments herein.

The embodiment of the application provides a high-reliability optical fiber array, which can solve the problems that in the related art, mechanical external force is firstly adopted to bend optical fibers, and then the optical fibers are fixed in a mode that the stress of the optical fibers is uneven and damaged, so that the reliability of products is poor.

Referring to fig. 1-6, a high reliability fiber optic array, comprising: the threading channel assembly 2 is at least provided with one group, the threading channel assembly 2 is arranged in the fixing block 1, the threading channel assembly 2 comprises a plurality of threading grooves 21, the threading grooves 21 are equidistantly arranged in the fixing block 1, the threading grooves 21 comprise through grooves 211 and arc grooves 212, the through grooves 211 and the arc grooves 212 are all arranged in the fixing block 1, the through grooves 211 are communicated with the arc grooves 212, an arc formed by the arc grooves 212 is tangent to a straight line formed by the through grooves 211, and an angle range A of an arc formed by the arc grooves 212 is 80-90 degrees;

in the implementation process, a worker can directly insert one end of the optical fiber 10 into the through groove 211, then push the optical fiber 10 into the threading groove 21, so that the optical fiber 10 enters the arc-shaped groove 212 along the through groove 211, and finally bend the optical fiber 10 under the guiding action of the arc-shaped groove 212 and pass out of the arc-shaped groove 212, thus completing the bending of the optical fiber 10;

in this way, the arc-shaped groove 212 is used for guiding, bending and fixing the optical fiber 10, so that the optical fiber 10 is uniformly contacted with the threading groove 21, the contact surface of the optical fiber 10 is increased, the stress of the optical fiber 10 is more uniform, the damage caused by uneven stress when the optical fiber 10 is bent by adopting mechanical external force can be avoided, and the reliability of the optical fiber assembly is greatly improved;

after a plurality of optical fibers 10 are sequentially inserted into a plurality of wire through grooves 21, heat-curing glue is poured into the wire through grooves 211 and the arc-shaped grooves 212 through the wire through grooves 211, and then the glue is cured, so that the optical fibers 10 can be fixed in the wire through grooves 21 through the heat-curing glue, the movable space of the optical fibers 10 can be reduced, the optical fibers 10 are prevented from shaking in the using process to ensure the service life of the optical fibers 10, and meanwhile, the optical fibers 10 can be tightly attached to the wire through grooves 21, so that the optical fibers 10 are uniformly stressed, and the reliability of an optical fiber assembly is further enhanced;

finally, after the optical fiber assembly is fixed, the optical fibers 10 extending out of the arc-shaped groove 212 are sheared, and then the end faces of the fixing blocks 1 positioned in the arc-shaped groove 212 are ground and polished to smooth the optical fibers 10, so that the optical path can move according to the setting to ensure that the optical path cannot deviate;

meanwhile, the plurality of groups of threading channel assemblies 2 are arranged on the fixed blocks 1, so that when a plurality of groups of optical fiber arrays are required to be installed, the plurality of fixed blocks 1 do not need to be spliced together, assembly errors can be reduced, the integration level of the device is higher, the size is smaller, and the device is convenient to use.

Referring to fig. 3-4, in use, the angle a of the arc formed by the arc slot 212 corresponds to the bending angle B of the optical fiber 10, when the user needs to change the irradiation angle of the optical path, the user can shorten the arc of the arc slot 212 by grinding the fixing block 1, so that the angle a of the arc formed by the arc slot 212 is reduced, and the bending angle B of the optical fiber 10 is reduced, so that in use, the user can change the arc formed by the arc slot 212 by grinding the end face of the fixing block 1, and adjust the bending angle of the optical fiber 10, thereby enhancing the applicability of the device and having strong practicability.

Preferably, the end of the through groove 211 far away from the arc groove 212 is provided with the bell mouth 3, the caliber of the end of the bell mouth 3 far away from the through groove 211 is larger than that of the other end, so that when the optical fiber 10 is inserted into the threading groove 21, a user can insert the optical fiber 10 into the bell mouth 3 first, and the optical fiber 10 can be positioned and guided through the arrangement of the large-opening bell mouth 3, so that the user can conveniently insert the optical fiber 10 into the threading groove 21 smoothly, and the user does not need to completely align the optical fiber 10 into the threading groove 21, thereby being convenient to use.

Further, in this embodiment, the fixing block 1 is provided with grooves 4 corresponding to the threading channel assemblies 2 one by one, the grooves 4 are communicated with the through grooves 211, and the grooves 4 are internally provided with drainage grooves 5 corresponding to the through grooves 211;

therefore, when a user glue the threading grooves 21, the user can drop the thermosetting glue in the grooves 4, then the glue flows into the horn mouth 3 and the threading grooves 21 along the plurality of drainage grooves 5 in sequence, and the user does not need to glue the plurality of threading grooves 21 one by one, so that the glue dispensing operation of the user is convenient, the glue dispensing fixing efficiency of the optical fiber 10 can be greatly improved, and the practicability is strong.

Wherein, a plurality of recess 4 is echelonment setting on fixed block 1, just so can increase the field of vision of recess 4 to the user is when carrying out the point and glue the operation and is observed the flow condition of recess 4 and a plurality of drainage groove 5 internal glue better, thereby avoids not dripping into glue in the threading groove 21 and influences the fixed of optic fibre 10, has made things convenient for the use.

Referring to fig. 7-9, the fixing block 1 is provided with a bracket 6, so that when the light array assembly needs to be installed and fixed, a user can directly fix the bracket 6 on the optical device or the optical module, thereby facilitating the installation and fixation of the light array assembly, and meanwhile, the bracket 6 can suspend the optical fiber 10 without contacting the optical device or the optical module, so as to ensure stable transmission of the light path.

Specifically, in this embodiment, the fixing block 1 and the bracket 6 are integrally disposed and manufactured by an injection molding process, so that the device is not only convenient to manufacture, but also the integral strength of the device can be enhanced by the integral arrangement, and the practicability is strong.

In the description of the present application, it should be noted that the azimuth or positional relationship indicated by the terms "upper", "lower", etc. are based on the azimuth or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are merely for convenience of description of the present application and simplification of the description, and are not indicative or implying that the apparatus or element in question must have a specific azimuth, be configured and operated in a specific azimuth, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present application. Unless specifically stated or limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "coupled" are to be construed broadly, and may be, for example, fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected; can be mechanically or electrically connected; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and can be communication between two elements. The specific meaning of the terms in this application will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art as the case may be.

It should be noted that in this application, relational terms such as "first" and "second" and the like are used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Moreover, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising one … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises the element.

The foregoing is merely a specific embodiment of the application to enable one skilled in the art to understand or practice the application. Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the spirit or scope of the application. Thus, the present application is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.

Claims (6)

1. A high reliability fiber optic array, comprising:

a fixed block (1);

threading passageway subassembly (2), it is equipped with a set of at least, threading passageway subassembly (2) all establish in fixed block (1), threading passageway subassembly (2) include a plurality of threading groove (21), a plurality of threading groove (21) equidistance is established in fixed block (1), threading groove (21) are including leading to groove (211) and arc groove (212), all offer in fixed block (1) through groove (211) and arc groove (212), lead to groove (211) and arc groove (212) to communicate with each other, the pitch arc that arc groove (212) formed is tangent with the straight line that leads to groove (211) to form, the angle range A of the radian of the pitch arc that arc groove (212) formed is 80 degrees ~ 90 degrees.

2. A high reliability fiber optic array according to claim 1, wherein:

the one end that logical groove (211) kept away from arc wall (212) all is equipped with horn mouth (3), the bore that logical groove (211) one end was kept away from to horn mouth (3) is greater than the bore of the other end.

3. A high reliability fiber optic array according to claim 1, wherein:

the fixing block (1) is provided with grooves (4) corresponding to the threading channel assemblies (2) one by one, the grooves (4) are communicated with the through grooves (211), and drainage grooves (5) corresponding to the through grooves (211) are formed in the grooves (4).

4. A high reliability fiber optic array according to claim 3, wherein:

the grooves (4) are arranged on the fixed block (1) in a step shape.

5. A high reliability fiber optic array according to claim 1, wherein:

the fixing block (1) is provided with a bracket (6).

6. A high reliability fiber optic array according to claim 5, wherein:

the fixing block (1) and the bracket (6) are integrally arranged and are manufactured by an injection molding process.