CN220085120U - Optical fiber signal transceiver - Google Patents

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CN220085120U
CN220085120U CN202320214924.6U CN202320214924U CN220085120U CN 220085120 U CN220085120 U CN 220085120U CN 202320214924 U CN202320214924 U CN 202320214924U CN 220085120 U CN220085120 U CN 220085120U
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吴纯林
刘航
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The utility model provides an optical fiber signal transceiver, which belongs to the technical field of signal receiving and transmitting equipment and comprises a bottom shell, an upper cover covered on the bottom shell, a plurality of wiring terminals arranged on the bottom shell at intervals along a first direction, and a dustproof assembly, wherein the dustproof assembly comprises a dustproof cover and a plurality of flip covers arranged at intervals along the first direction, the dustproof cover is provided with an opening extending towards the bottom shell and forms a containing cavity, so that the containing cavity can contain a plurality of wiring terminals in the containing cavity, and a plurality of wiring holes are formed in the dustproof cover at intervals along the first direction; the wiring holes, the flip covers and the wiring terminals are in one-to-one correspondence. After the dust cover is connected with the bottom shell, the dust cover can accommodate the plurality of wiring terminals in the accommodating cavity, so that the dust cover forms a dust-proof barrier outside the wiring terminals, dust is difficult to enter the wiring terminals, and the wiring terminals can be effectively protected.

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Optical fiber signal transceiver
Technical Field
The utility model belongs to the technical field of signal receiving and transmitting equipment, and particularly relates to an optical fiber signal transceiver.
Background
The optical fiber signal transceiver is an ethernet transmission medium conversion unit that exchanges short-distance ethernet twisted pair electrical signals with long-distance optical signals, and is also called an ethernet photoelectric converter (Ethernet Media Converter) in many places.
In an optical fiber signal transmission line, a general connection structure is that a remote optical fiber signal transceiver encapsulates service data (such as video monitoring images in the security field) output by a local acquisition device into an ethernet data packet, and the ethernet data packet is transmitted to a near-end optical fiber transceiver through an optical fiber, and the near-end optical fiber transceiver unpacks the ethernet data packet to obtain the service data for use by a back-end device.
At present, no matter when the binding post of optical fiber signal transceiver is wired or is not wired, the binding post all exposes in the air, leads to the dust to get into in the clearance between the plug of binding post or wire and the binding post easily for the binding post produces the problem of poor contact easily, and then has reduced optical fiber signal transceiver's practicality.
Disclosure of Invention
In order to make up for the defects, the utility model provides an optical fiber signal transceiver, which aims to solve the problems that the wiring terminal of the existing optical fiber signal transceiver is exposed in the air, dust easily enters into the gap between the wiring terminal or a plug of a wire and the wiring terminal, and poor contact is easily generated on the wiring terminal.
The utility model is realized in the following way:
an optical fiber signal transceiver, the optical fiber signal transceiver includes a bottom shell, an upper cover covered on the bottom shell and a plurality of wiring terminals arranged on the bottom shell along a first direction at intervals, and further includes:
the dustproof assembly comprises a dustproof cover and a plurality of flip covers which are arranged at intervals along a first direction, wherein the dustproof cover is provided with an opening extending towards the bottom shell and forms a containing cavity, so that the containing cavity can contain a plurality of wiring terminals in the containing cavity, and a plurality of wiring holes are formed in the dustproof cover at intervals along the first direction; the wiring holes, the flip covers and the wiring terminals are in one-to-one correspondence.
In an embodiment of the utility model, the dust-proof assembly further includes a connecting piece, the connecting piece includes two fixing seats oppositely disposed and a bearing shaft disposed between the two fixing seats, and each flip cover is rotatably disposed on the bearing shaft.
In an embodiment of the utility model, the dust-proof assembly further includes a limiting block, two connecting plates are arranged on the bottom shell at intervals and extend along the second direction, a first vertical plate and a second vertical plate are arranged on the two connecting plates at intervals and extend along the first direction, a positioning groove is formed between positioning grooves formed by the first vertical plate and the second vertical plate, a perforation extending along the first direction is formed at a position of the dust-proof cover corresponding to each positioning groove, the limiting block is slidably arranged in each perforation, and each limiting block can be clamped or separated from the corresponding positioning groove.
In one embodiment of the present utility model, the first riser and the second riser are rectangular or right triangular.
In one embodiment of the present utility model, each of the limiting blocks has two wings extending along the second direction, and a first elastic member is disposed between each of the wings and the dust cover.
In one embodiment of the present utility model, each of the limiting blocks has a movable slot extending along a third direction, each of the movable slots has a protrusion extending along the first direction, a channel extending along the third direction is provided at a position of the dust cover corresponding to each of the movable slots, and a pushing member moving along the third direction is provided in each of the channels.
In an embodiment of the present utility model, the pushing member includes a pushing block movably disposed in the movable slot along the third direction, a moving rod penetrating through the channel, and a second elastic member disposed on the moving rod, wherein the moving rod is close to the upper port of the channel and has a flange, one end of the second elastic member abuts against the flange, and the other end of the second elastic member abuts against the bottom wall of the channel.
In one embodiment of the utility model, the push block is right trapezoid in shape.
In one embodiment of the present utility model, the bottom case has two routing sleeves disposed at intervals and extending along the second direction.
In one embodiment of the present utility model, the dust cover has a plurality of heat dissipating holes extending in the third direction, and each of the heat dissipating holes has a dust screen fitted therein.
Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the beneficial effects that: after the dust cover is connected with the bottom shell, the dust cover can accommodate the plurality of wiring terminals in the accommodating cavity, so that the dust cover forms a dust-proof barrier outside the wiring terminals, dust is difficult to enter the wiring terminals, and the wiring terminals can be effectively protected.
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In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present utility model, the drawings that are needed in the embodiments will be briefly described below, it being understood that the following drawings only illustrate some examples of the present utility model and therefore should not be considered as limiting the scope, and other related drawings may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort for a person skilled in the art.
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an optical fiber signal transceiver according to an embodiment of the present utility model;
fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of an optical fiber signal transceiver and a rotating assembly of the optical fiber signal transceiver according to an embodiment of the present utility model;
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken at A-A of FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a portion of FIG. 3 at B;
fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a dust cover of an optical fiber signal transceiver according to an embodiment of the present utility model;
fig. 6 is an assembly schematic diagram of a stopper and a pushing member of an optical fiber signal transceiver according to an embodiment of the present utility model.
Reference numerals illustrate: 10. an optical fiber signal transceiver; 11. a bottom case; 12. an upper cover; 13. a connection terminal; 14. a connecting plate; 141. a first riser; 142. a second riser; 143. a positioning groove; 15. a wiring sleeve; 20. a dust-proof assembly; 21. a dust cover; 211. an opening; 212. a wiring hole; 213. perforating; 214. a channel; 22. a flip cover; 23. a connecting piece; 231. a fixing seat; 232. a bearing shaft; 24. a limiting block; 241. a wing plate; 242. a first elastic member; 243. a movable groove; 243a, protrusions; 25. a pushing member; 251. a pushing block; 252. a moving rod; 252a, flanges; 253. and a second elastic member.
Detailed Description
For the purpose of making the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present utility model more apparent, the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present utility model will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present utility model, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present utility model, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, based on the embodiments of the utility model, which are apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art without inventive faculty, are intended to be within the scope of the utility model.
Thus, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the utility model, as presented in the figures, is not intended to limit the scope of the utility model, as claimed, but is merely representative of selected embodiments of the utility model. All other embodiments, based on the embodiments of the utility model, which are apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art without inventive faculty, are intended to be within the scope of the utility model.
It should be noted that: like reference numerals and letters denote like items in the following figures, and thus once an item is defined in one figure, no further definition or explanation thereof is necessary in the following figures.
In the description of the present utility model, it should be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings are merely for convenience in describing the present utility model and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the apparatus or elements referred to must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and thus should not be construed as limiting the present utility model.
Furthermore, the terms "first," "second," and the like, are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying a relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defining "a first" or "a second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more such feature. In the description of the present utility model, the meaning of "a plurality" is two or more, unless explicitly defined otherwise.
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Referring to fig. 1-6, the utility model provides a technical scheme that: the optical fiber signal transceiver 10 comprises a bottom shell 11, an upper cover 12 covered on the bottom shell 11, a plurality of wiring terminals 13 arranged on the bottom shell 11 at intervals along a first direction, a dustproof assembly 20, a dustproof assembly and a plurality of turnover covers 22, wherein the dustproof assembly comprises a dustproof cover 21 and a plurality of turnover covers 22 arranged at intervals along the first direction, the dustproof cover 21 is provided with an opening 211 extending towards the bottom shell 11 and forms a containing cavity, so that the containing cavity can contain the wiring terminals 13 in the containing cavity, and a plurality of wiring holes 212 are formed on the dustproof cover 21 at intervals along the first direction; the plurality of routing holes 212, the plurality of flip covers 22 and the plurality of connection terminals 13 are in one-to-one correspondence.
For example, the plurality of connection terminals 13 may be arranged in a 4×4 arrangement, or may be arranged in an 8×2 or 2×8 arrangement; and, the plurality of routing holes 212 and the plurality of flip covers 22 are adapted according to the plurality of connection terminals 13; the arrangement of the plurality of connection terminals 13 is set according to the actual situation and will not be described in detail here. The upper cover 12 may be detachably fixed to the bottom case 11 by means of a snap-fit or screw. The plurality of connection terminals 13 may be detachably fixed to the bottom case 11 by means of a snap-fit manner. The plurality of flip covers 22 can be detachably fixed on the dust cover 21 in a clamping manner.
According to the embodiment, after the dust cover 21 is connected with the bottom shell 11, the dust cover 21 can accommodate the plurality of terminals 13 in the accommodating cavity, so that the dust cover 21 forms a dust-proof barrier outside the terminals 13, and dust is difficult to enter the terminals 13, thereby effectively protecting the terminals 13.
Referring to fig. 1 and 3, in some embodiments, dust assembly 20 further includes a connector 23, and connector 23 includes two fixing bases 231 disposed opposite each other and a bearing shaft 232 disposed between two fixing bases 231, and each flip cover 22 is rotatably disposed on bearing shaft 232.
Illustratively, an interference fit is employed between the bearing shaft 232 and the bores of the two holders 231. The fixing seat 231 may be fixed to the dust cover 21 by welding or bolts, and the cover 22 may be plate-shaped or may have the same shape as the dust cover 21.
According to this embodiment, the turnover cover 22 can be easily opened by the operator by turning the turnover cover around the bearing shaft 232 as the axis in the third direction, so that the working efficiency can be improved.
Referring to fig. 1 and 3, in some embodiments, the dust-proof assembly 20 further includes a stopper 24, two connecting plates 14 disposed on the bottom shell 11 at intervals and extending along the second direction are disposed on the bottom shell 11, a first riser 141 and a second riser 142 disposed on the two connecting plates 14 at intervals and extending along the first direction, a positioning slot 143 is formed between the first riser 141 and the second riser 142, a perforation 213 extending along the first direction is formed at a position of the dust-proof cover 21 corresponding to each positioning slot 143, and a stopper 24 is slidably disposed in each perforation 213, where each stopper 24 can be clamped or separated from the corresponding positioning slot 143.
Illustratively, both connection plates 14 are integrally formed at the front side of the bottom case 11. The first riser 141 and the second riser 142 are integrally formed with the connecting plate 14. Two perforations 213 are located on the left and right sides of the dust cap 21. The two wing plates 241 are respectively positioned at the front side and the rear side of the limiting hole. A pull hole can be formed on each limiting block 24, and the size of each limiting block 24 is just matched with the movable groove 243.
According to this embodiment, the stopper 24 can be disengaged from the movable groove 243 by pulling the stopper 24 linearly in the first direction by inserting the tool with the end portion protruding into the pull hole; next, the dust cap 21 is linearly moved in the second direction, and the dust cap 21 can be removed. Through the simple design, the disassembly and assembly speed of an operator can be increased in the operation process, so that convenience in disassembly and assembly is realized, and the working efficiency of the operator is improved.
Referring to fig. 6, in some embodiments, each stopper 24 has two wings 241 extending in the second direction, and a first elastic member 242 is disposed between each wing 241 and the dust cover 21.
Illustratively, the first elastic member 242 and the second elastic member 253 described below are springs or rubbers, or the like. Each stopper 24 may be welded or screwed with a pull rod.
According to this embodiment, the stopper 24 is pulled by using a pull rod to disengage from the movable slot 243 and deform the first elastic member 242, or the first elastic member 242 is reset to make the stopper 24 snap into the movable slot 243. And further, the dust cover 21 can be easily attached and detached.
Referring to fig. 2, in some embodiments, the first and second risers 141, 142 are rectangular or right triangular.
Illustratively, both the first riser 141 and the second riser 142 may be rectangular; the first riser 141 may be rectangular and the second riser 142 may be right triangle; the first riser 141 may be a right triangle and the second riser 142 may be a rectangle; both the first riser 141 and the second riser 142 may be right triangles.
According to this embodiment, the first riser 141 of the present utility model is rectangular, the second riser 142 is right triangle, and the inclined surface of the second riser 142 faces the bottom chassis 11. So designed, the dust cap 21 is easily removed.
Referring to fig. 3-6, in some embodiments, each stopper 24 has a movable slot 243 extending in a third direction, each movable slot 243 has a protrusion 243a extending in a first direction, a channel 214 extending in the third direction is provided at a position of the dust cover 21 corresponding to each movable slot 243, and a pushing member 25 moving in the third direction is provided in each channel 214. In this embodiment, the pushing member 25 includes a pushing block 251 movably disposed in the movable slot 243 along the third direction, a moving rod 252 penetrating the channel 214, and a second elastic member 253 disposed on the moving rod 252, wherein the moving rod 252 has a flange 252a near an upper port of the channel 214, one end of the second elastic member 253 abuts against the flange 252a, the other end of the second elastic member 253 abuts against a bottom wall of the channel 214, and the pushing block 251 has a right trapezoid shape.
Illustratively, the boss 243a is integrally formed with the sidewall of the movable slot 243. The lower end of the moving rod 252 is fixed to the push block 251 by welding or screw.
According to this embodiment, the push block 251 is moved towards the inside of the movable slot 243 by pressing the moving rod 252, and the flange 252a presses the second elastic member 253 to deform, and then the push block 251 cooperates with the protrusion 243a to completely disengage the stopper 24 from the movable slot 243, and the first elastic member 242 is also deformed, so that the dust cover 21 can be completely removed.
Referring to fig. 1-3, in some embodiments, the bottom housing 11 has two routing loops 15 disposed at intervals and extending in the second direction.
For example, the trace sleeve 15 may be provided on the rear side of the bottom case 11 in a fitting or bolting manner.
According to this embodiment, the trace sleeve 15 can prevent the wire from being broken due to the large-scale folding, so that the normal use of the wire can be ensured.
In some embodiments, the dust cover 21 has a plurality of heat dissipating holes (not shown) extending in the third direction, each of which has a dust screen (not shown) fitted therein. The dustproof net can be disassembled and assembled, so that the dustproof net is selected according to the placement environment in the process of selecting the dustproof net with the corresponding aperture so as to realize the dustproof effect.
According to this embodiment, the plurality of heat dissipation holes can promote air circulation inside the dust cover 21 during use, and avoid the disadvantage of overheat of the interface between the wire and the connection terminal 13 due to the dust barrier formed by the dust cover 21.
Specifically, the working principle of the optical fiber signal transceiver is as follows: during the assembly process of the dust cover 21, the push block 251 moves towards the inside of the movable groove 243 by pressing the moving rod 252, meanwhile, the flange 252a presses the second elastic piece 253 to deform, and then the push block 251 and the boss 243a cooperate to enable the limiting block 24 to be completely separated from the inside of the movable groove 243, and meanwhile, the first elastic piece 242 also deforms. At the same time, the dust cover 21 is aligned with the bottom case 11 and moved toward the bottom case 11, so that the terminal 13 is completely accommodated in the accommodating groove. By loosening the moving lever 252, the moving lever 252 and the stopper 24 are successively returned by the return movement of the first elastic member 242 and the second elastic member 253; and, the limiting block 24 is clamped in the movable groove 243. When wiring, the cover 22 is turned up and the plug of the wire is inserted into the wiring terminal 13 through the wiring hole 212.
It should be noted that, the model specification of the connection terminal 13 needs to be determined by selecting a model according to the actual specification of the device, and the specific model selection calculation method adopts the prior art in the field, so detailed description is omitted.
The power supply of the connection terminal 13 and its principle are clear to a person skilled in the art and will not be described in detail here.
The above is only a preferred embodiment of the present utility model, and is not intended to limit the present utility model, but various modifications and variations can be made to the present utility model by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present utility model should be included in the protection scope of the present utility model.

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1. An optical fiber signal transceiver (10) comprising a bottom case (11), an upper cover (12) covering the bottom case (11), and a plurality of connection terminals (13) arranged on the bottom case (11) along a first direction at intervals, characterized in that the optical fiber signal transceiver further comprises:
a dust-proof assembly (20) comprising a dust-proof cover (21) and a plurality of flip covers (22) arranged at intervals along a first direction, wherein the dust-proof cover (21) is provided with an opening (211) extending towards the bottom shell (11) and forms a containing cavity, so that the containing cavity can contain a plurality of wiring terminals (13) in the containing cavity, and a plurality of wiring holes (212) are formed in the dust-proof cover (21) at intervals along the first direction; the wiring holes (212), the flip covers (22) and the wiring terminals (13) are in one-to-one correspondence.
2. The optical fiber signal transceiver of claim 1, wherein the dust-proof assembly (20) further comprises a connector (23), the connector (23) comprising two fixing bases (231) disposed opposite each other and a carrying shaft (232) disposed between the two fixing bases (231), each flip cover (22) being rotatably disposed on the carrying shaft (232).
3. The optical fiber signal transceiver according to claim 1, wherein the dust-proof component (20) further comprises a limiting block (24), the bottom shell (11) is provided with two connecting plates (14) which are arranged at intervals and extend along the second direction, the two connecting plates (14) are provided with a first vertical plate (141) and a second vertical plate (142) which are arranged at intervals and extend along the first direction, the first vertical plate (141) and the second vertical plate (142) form a positioning groove (143), a through hole (213) which extends along the first direction is formed in a position of the dust-proof cover (21) corresponding to each positioning groove (143), the limiting block (24) is slidably arranged in each through hole (213), and each limiting block (24) can be clamped or separated from the corresponding positioning groove (143).
4. A fiber optic signal transceiver according to claim 3, wherein the first riser (141) and the second riser (142) are rectangular or right triangular.
5. A fiber optic signal transceiver according to claim 3, wherein each of the stoppers (24) has two wings (241) extending in the second direction, and a first elastic member (242) is provided between each of the wings (241) and the dust cover (21).
6. The optical fiber signal transceiver of claim 5, wherein each of said stoppers (24) has a movable groove (243) extending in a third direction, each of said movable grooves (243) has a protrusion (243 a) extending in said first direction, a passage (214) extending in the third direction is provided at a position of said dust cover (21) corresponding to each of said movable grooves (243), and a pushing member (25) moving in said third direction is provided in each of said passages (214).
7. The optical fiber signal transceiver according to claim 6, wherein the pushing member (25) comprises a pushing block (251) movably disposed in the movable groove (243) along the third direction, a moving rod (252) penetrating through the channel (214), and a second elastic member (253) disposed on the moving rod (252), the moving rod (252) has a flange (252 a) near an upper port of the channel (214), one end of the second elastic member (253) is abutted with the flange (252 a), and the other end of the second elastic member (253) is abutted with a bottom wall of the channel (214).
8. The fiber optic signal transceiver of claim 7, wherein the push block (251) is right trapezoid-shaped.
9. The optical fiber signal transceiver of claim 8, wherein the bottom housing (11) has two routing loops (15) disposed at intervals and extending in the second direction.
10. The optical fiber signal transceiver of claim 8, wherein the dust cover (21) has a plurality of heat radiation holes extending in the third direction, each of the heat radiation holes having a dust screen embedded therein.
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