EP1247125A2 - Multichannel optical coupling system - Google Patents
Multichannel optical coupling systemInfo
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- EP1247125A2 EP1247125A2 EP01909452A EP01909452A EP1247125A2 EP 1247125 A2 EP1247125 A2 EP 1247125A2 EP 01909452 A EP01909452 A EP 01909452A EP 01909452 A EP01909452 A EP 01909452A EP 1247125 A2 EP1247125 A2 EP 1247125A2
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- Prior art keywords
- connector
- plug
- housing
- locking
- coupling
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- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
- G02B6/36—Mechanical coupling means
- G02B6/38—Mechanical coupling means having fibre to fibre mating means
- G02B6/3807—Dismountable connectors, i.e. comprising plugs
- G02B6/389—Dismountable connectors, i.e. comprising plugs characterised by the method of fastening connecting plugs and sockets, e.g. screw- or nut-lock, snap-in, bayonet type
- G02B6/3893—Push-pull type, e.g. snap-in, push-on
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- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
- G02B6/36—Mechanical coupling means
- G02B6/38—Mechanical coupling means having fibre to fibre mating means
- G02B6/3807—Dismountable connectors, i.e. comprising plugs
- G02B6/381—Dismountable connectors, i.e. comprising plugs of the ferrule type, e.g. fibre ends embedded in ferrules, connecting a pair of fibres
- G02B6/3825—Dismountable connectors, i.e. comprising plugs of the ferrule type, e.g. fibre ends embedded in ferrules, connecting a pair of fibres with an intermediate part, e.g. adapter, receptacle, linking two plugs
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- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
- G02B6/42—Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements
- G02B6/4292—Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements the light guide being disconnectable from the opto-electronic element, e.g. mutually self aligning arrangements
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- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
- G02B6/36—Mechanical coupling means
- G02B6/38—Mechanical coupling means having fibre to fibre mating means
- G02B6/3807—Dismountable connectors, i.e. comprising plugs
- G02B6/3873—Connectors using guide surfaces for aligning ferrule ends, e.g. tubes, sleeves, V-grooves, rods, pins, balls
- G02B6/3874—Connectors using guide surfaces for aligning ferrule ends, e.g. tubes, sleeves, V-grooves, rods, pins, balls using tubes, sleeves to align ferrules
- G02B6/3878—Connectors using guide surfaces for aligning ferrule ends, e.g. tubes, sleeves, V-grooves, rods, pins, balls using tubes, sleeves to align ferrules comprising a plurality of ferrules, branching and break-out means
- G02B6/3879—Linking of individual connector plugs to an overconnector, e.g. using clamps, clips, common housings comprising several individual connector plugs
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- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
- G02B6/36—Mechanical coupling means
- G02B6/38—Mechanical coupling means having fibre to fibre mating means
- G02B6/3807—Dismountable connectors, i.e. comprising plugs
- G02B6/3873—Connectors using guide surfaces for aligning ferrule ends, e.g. tubes, sleeves, V-grooves, rods, pins, balls
- G02B6/3885—Multicore or multichannel optical connectors, i.e. one single ferrule containing more than one fibre, e.g. ribbon type
Definitions
- the invention is in the field of optical elements and can be used in the structural design of such mechanical connecting means for light guides in which a plurality of light guides arranged parallel to one another and ending in a plug connector are arranged with the aid of a holder in a housing wall with one arranged on a circuit board Coupling partners are connected; Coupling partners can, for example, be optical transmit and / or receive modules or be formed from the same or similar plug connectors.
- one or two plug connectors are assigned to a coupling partner, which likewise consists of one or two plug connectors, with the aid of a holder which is arranged in a housing wall (back panel).
- This holder consists of an outer housing with four walls running at right angles to one another and an inner housing that is movable axially in the outer housing, ie in the Z direction, and perpendicularly to it, ie in the X / Y direction.
- the inner housing serves for receiving and axially fixing the one or the two plug connectors, each of which contains, in a known manner, a multi-channel optical fiber end piece, known as a "ferrule", arranged at the end of a multi-channel optical fiber cable (DE 195 39 549 C1, WO 97/34176, EP 0803 749 AI, EP 0803 748 AI).
- the coupling partner is arranged on a circuit board by means of a connector housing.
- the connector housing can be plugged into the outer housing of the holder, for which purpose both housings with guide surfaces and interlocking guide grooves and - Are provided.
- the connector housing is also provided with resiliently arranged locking hooks, which in corresponding
- Locking and locking elements arranged on the inside of the holder make it more difficult to disassemble this coupling arrangement.
- the invention is based on the object of a multichannel optical coupling arrangement which has a plug connector, a coupling partner arranged on a circuit board and a holder to be arranged in a recess in a housing wall (back panel) for holding the plug connector and for guiding the coupling partner a multi-channel optical fiber end piece (ferrule) is axially resiliently arranged in the housing of the connector and the coupling partner has a plug-in connector for connection to the connector so that the coupling arrangement with easy assembly and disassembly
- the invention makes use of some design features known for coupling arrangements of this type, partially puts them in a different operational context and adds new design features.
- These measures lead to a coupling arrangement in which the plug connector is locked in a simple manner in the holder, in which the coupling partner can be locked in position with the plug connector, the housing wall carrying the holder being completely relieved of plug forces, and in the coupling part and decoupling of the coupling partner and connector on the connector or the coupling partner only have to be exerted compressive and tensile forces.
- This is achieved by a special configuration of the holder consisting of the outer and inner housing and the parts of the plug connector and the coupling partner which come into operative connection with the inner housing of the holder.
- the holder consists first of all of an outer housing which is displaceable perpendicularly to the direction of insertion and an inner housing, the inner housing being arranged so as to be rotatable in the outer housing; a locking element designed as a two-armed lever is mounted on the inner housing for holding the connector in the holder, one locking arm being under the action of a spring. Then, for latching the connector with the coupling partner, the housing of the connector with at least one resilient latching arm having a latching lug and the coupling partner with an opening arranged in the socket. Take for the cer cer nose.
- the connector of the coupling partner is provided with finger-like guide members extending in the plugging direction, which have step-by-step active surfaces and which guide surfaces on the inner housing of the holder for a precise coupling of the coupling partner with the plug connector and on the one under the action
- a spring-mounted lever arm of the locking element is assigned active surfaces for unlocking the locking element, the recess arranged in the plug-in socket and the active surfaces on the finger-like guide members of the plug-in socket being staggered in the plug-in direction such that when the coupling partner is plugged together with the ter held connector, the locking element arranged in the holder is unlocked after the latch of the connector is locked in the recess of the connector.
- Such a coupling arrangement enables sufficient tolerance compensation between the parts arranged in the housing wall and the parts of the coupling arrangement arranged on the circuit board, wherein the pivotable arrangement of the inner housing of the holder can also compensate for angular errors with regard to the arrangement of the coupling partner on the circuit board.
- the design of the locking element as a two-armed, spring-loaded lever enables, in the coupled state, a complete relief of the housing wall from the forces acting between the connector and the coupling partner, as well as a secure mounting of the
- the connector housing is designed flat and on one of its broad sides with a slide key for the correct assignment to the holder is provided and each has a resilient locking arm with a locking lug on its narrow sides, that furthermore the locking element mounted in the inner housing is assigned to a wide side of the connector and is designed as a rocker extending in the direction of insertion, whose under the action of the spring standing end is designed as a locking nose for engaging in a recess in the plug-in direction of the connector housing and the other end is freely accessible that in this context the locking nose of the locking element element is provided with wing-like projections running transversely to the direction of insertion, which are used to unlock the
- Locking element inclined surfaces on the finger-like guide members of the socket of the coupling partner are assigned so that the recesses of the socket of the coupling partner are dimensioned in the plug-in direction so that they allow a relative movement between the socket and connector housing in the locked state, and finally the distance given in the plug-in direction the latching edge of the respective recess in the plug bay from the inclined surfaces on the finger-like guide members of the plug bay is smaller than the sum of the distances of the latching lugs of the connector given in the plugging direction from the recess provided in the connector housing for the locking lungselement on the one hand and the recess for the locking element of the wing-like approaches on the other.
- the desired compact design is further improved if the recess provided for engaging the locking lug in the connector is provided in a web forming the slide key.
- each locking arm of the connector housing is provided with a web arranged behind the locking lug in the plugging direction and extending transversely to the plugging direction is to unlatch the
- An inclined plane is assigned to the locking lug on the inner housing of the holder, the distance in the plug-in direction of the recess in the connector housing from the web being greater than the distance in the plug-in direction of the spring-loaded end of the lever in the form of a rocker designed as a locking lug from that provided in the inner housing inclined plane.
- Coupling matched to the locking process between the connector and holder is particularly advantageous when two or more connectors or coupling partners are arranged, because when the circuit board is pulled out, all coupling partners are unlocked without manual intervention.
- the outer housing of the holder is to be fixed in the housing wall by means of a support clip. can be fixed. This supports the ease of installation of the coupling arrangement.
- the connectors In order to be able to arrange the connectors as space-saving as possible when assigning several connectors to a housing wall, it is advantageous if two connectors and two holders are arranged in the same recess of the housing wall as a mirror image of one another. This space-saving arrangement can be further perfected if the two associated coupling partners, which are designed, for example, as optical receiver and / or transmitter modules but can also be designed as connectors, are arranged in mirror image on the two sides of the circuit board.
- the outer housing of the holder is constructed from a plastic part and a sheet metal part such that the facing wall parts of two holders arranged in the same recess in the housing wall consist of thin sheet metal parts, then this configuration leads to a minimal distance between the two outer housings, as a result of which a high packing density is possible for the coupling partners arranged on the circuit board. In this way, a distance between the optical axes of two adjacent coupling partners of less than 9 mm can be achieved.
- Inclined surface is provided.
- the desired optimal alignment also requires a special configuration of the holder, in particular its inner housing.
- the outer housing it is useful in a further embodiment of the invention with respect to the outer housing that this consists of a U-shaped plastic part and a clip-like, also U-shaped sheet metal part, which is provided with latching tongues for holding the outer housing of the support bracket;
- the sheet metal part is provided with a pin and the plastic part with a hole. This pin and this bore are in an operative connection with a bore and a pin which are arranged on two opposite walls of the inner housing, which consists of a plastic part with a substantially cuboidal outer contour.
- guide surfaces and guide grooves for the plug connector and for the plug-in socket of the coupling partner are provided with the aid of webs.
- two cross-sectionally L-shaped webs are expediently carried by one wall of the inner housing and form a guide groove between them with the outer L-surfaces for the sliding key arranged on the connector housing in the form of a web; at the same time, the webs with their inner L-surfaces form guide surfaces for the finger-like guide members of the plug-in bay, a further web for the alignment of the finger-like guide members being arranged laterally next to the L-shaped webs.
- the most compact and easy-to-assemble design of the coupling arrangement is also taken into account in that the locking element designed as a rocker is mounted by means of pins in the L-shaped webs in such a way that the locking lug protrudes into the guide groove for the sliding key.
- the movably arranged holder is as smooth as possible when inserting the coupling partner's connector, d. H.
- the webs arranged in the inner housing of the holder start in the plugging direction of the coupling partner, behind the pins and holes provided for the pivotable mounting of the inner housing ,
- the force application points that come into play for the alignment of the inner housing lie behind the pivot axis of the inner housing when viewed in the plugging direction.
- FIG. 1 to 12 shown. It shows
- FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of the partners of the coupling arrangement that have not yet been plugged together, namely two plug connectors, part of a housing wall with a holder arranged therein and part of a circuit board with two coupling partners arranged thereon in the form of optoelectric modules,
- FIG. 2 shows the same parts of the coupling arrangement in the assembled state, with part of the holder being cut away in order to be able to recognize the interaction of the three parts of the coupling arrangement
- FIG. 3 shows a connector in a perspective view from the front
- 4 and 5 show a longitudinal section through the holder with a perspective view of the two cut halves
- FIG. 6 shows the outer housing
- FIG. 7 the inner housing of the holder, each in a perspective view
- FIG. 8 shows a perspective view of the inner housing of the holder opened in the area of the locking element
- FIG. 9 shows a plug-in bay in a perspective view according to FIG. 1
- FIGS. 10 and 11 show a horizontal and a vertical longitudinal section of a connector locked in the holder when the coupling partner is not coupled to show the distances required for the locking and latching process
- FIGS. 12 and 13 show two further horizontal longitudinal sections for showing the unlatching process required distances.
- FIG. 1 shows two connectors 1 of the same design, each mounted at the end of an optical cable 2 and intended to be inserted into a holder 20 which is arranged in a recess in a housing wall (backplane) 21.
- two coupling partners 60 which are likewise of identical design, are arranged on two opposite sides of a circuit board 72.
- the coupling partners each consist of an electro-optical module 61 and a plug-in socket 62 fastened to it, with a cuboid cross-section, for receiving a plug-in connector 1.
- Each plug-in socket is provided with a recess 63 on two opposite walls.
- Each plug-in bay furthermore has two finger-like guide members 64 and 65 which extend in the plug-in direction.
- the individual plug-in connectors 1 have a housing 3, in which an optical end piece 4, which stands out on the front and is spring-mounted in the plug-in direction in the housing and is referred to as a “ferrule”, is arranged.
- the overall flat connector is provided on two narrow sides of the housing with locking arms 6, each having a locking lug 7.
- the locking lugs 7 are used to lock the connector in the area of the recesses 63 in the socket 62 of a coupling partner 60.
- Each locking arm 6 is also provided with a transverse web 8 and has 9 knobs on its free, movable end.
- the one wide flat side of the connector 1 is provided with a sliding key in the form of a web 5, which has an interruption 10. This interruption forms a recess in the surface of the connector 1.
- the connector is provided with a plateau 11 for guidance in the holder 20.
- the holder 20 has an outer housing 23 and an inner housing 24 for receiving the plug connectors 1 and the plug-in bays 62 of the coupling partners 60, the outer housing 23 being fixed to the housing wall 21 by means of a U-shaped, open clamp 22.
- a locking element 25 which is designed as a two-armed lever and of which the free end 52 accessible from the outside can be seen.
- Locking element 25 is.
- the interaction of the guide member 64 with the wing-like extension 26 is explained in more detail below.
- FIG. 2 clearly shows the two clamps 22 formed as a plastic part due to the cut-open holder 20, with latching tongues 29 of the outer housing 23 engaging in corresponding recesses 74 in the clamp 22.
- the recesses 74 in the bracket 22 and the locking tongues 29 are dimensioned such that the outer housing 23 is arranged to be displaceable within certain limits transversely to the plug-in direction with respect to the bracket 22 and thus with respect to the housing wall 21.
- FIG. 3 shows an enlarged view of a connector 1 with the ferrule 4 arranged within the housing 3 and the locking arms 6.
- the locking arms 6 are each provided with a locking lug 7 and a transverse web 8, both the locking lug and the web have a run-up slope ,
- a sliding surface 72 is marked here, with which the connector 1 slides along corresponding surfaces on the inner housing 24 of the holder 20 (see FIG. 1).
- a transverse web 12 is also arranged, which is used when inserting the connector the insertion depth of the connector is limited by a stop on an end edge of the inner housing 24.
- FIGS. 4 and 5 show a perspective view of two cutting halves of the holder 20 consisting of the outer housing 23 and the inner housing 24, the cutting plane running in the plugging direction running vertically with a view of FIG. 2, the cutting half according to FIG. 4 by 180 ° compared to the cutting half according to FIG. 5 is folded back and in both figures the outer housing 23 is only partially shown.
- the outer housing 23 is only partially shown.
- the sheet metal part 28 consists of a cross-sectionally U-shaped plastic part 27 and a cross-sectionally U-shaped sheet metal part 28, the sheet metal part 28 forming a housing wall and being placed like a clamp on the plastic part 27.
- the sheet metal part 28 is provided on the two U-shaped legs each with a latching tongue 29 which engages in a corresponding recess in the bracket 22 according to FIG. -
- the sheet metal part 28 of the outer housing 23 is further provided with a bearing journal 37, to which a bore 38 is assigned on the opposite wall.
- Pin 37 and bore 38 serve for the pivotable mounting of the inner housing 24 in the outer housing 23, the inner housing 24 designed as a plastic part with a cuboidal outer contour likewise having a bore 32 and a pin 33 on two opposite walls 30 and 34, the pin 37 of the outer housing for engaging in the bore 32 of the inner housing and the pin 33 of the inner housing for engaging in the bore 38 of the outer housing.
- the pin 33 of the inner housing passes through a metal clip 40 which is placed on the inner housing and has a shoulder 41 which acts as a spring. This spring 41 is in engagement with the locking element 25, as can also be seen in FIGS. 10 and 12.
- the inner housing 24 is so with play in the outer housing
- the inner housing is further provided on the wall 30 with two parallel guide webs 31 for guiding the mentioned plateau 11 on the one wide flat side of the connector 1.
- a guide part 35 is formed, both for guiding the connector 1 and for guiding the plug socket 62 Coupling partner 60 is used.
- the guide part 35 consists essentially of two webs 48 of L-shaped cross section, which have the two legs 49 and 50. These webs are connected to one another via cross struts 51. Each two parallel legs 50 of the two webs 48 form together with the cross struts 51 between them a groove 44 in which the sliding key 5 of a connector 1 is guided.
- the inner surfaces of the L-shaped webs 48 and the two webs 36 serve to guide and position the finger-like guide members 64 and 65 of a plug-in bay 62 and are provided with corresponding run-on slopes.
- the upper wall 45 and the lower wall 46 of the inner housing 24 are provided at the end facing the connectors 1 with a recess which is designed such that an inclined plane 47 results. These inclined planes come with the
- the arranged in the inner and outer housing 23/24 pins 33 and 37 and bores 32 and 38 for the pivotable mounting of the inner housing 24 in the outer housing 23 are arranged in the inner housing guide webs 36 and guide surfaces on the guide part so that the bores and pins with ge -
- An annular distance f to the edge of the holder are arranged, while the guide webs and guide surfaces begin with a larger distance g to the corresponding edge of the holder.
- 8 shows a sectional view of the locking element 25 arranged in the inner housing 24.
- the locking element is provided with two bearing pins 33, each of which engages in a recess on a leg 49 of an L-shaped web 48.
- the locking element 25 forms a two-armed lever, one end of which is designed as a locking lug 54; this end is under the action of the leaf spring 41 (see FIG. 7).
- two wing-like projections 26 are provided which run parallel to the pivot axis of the lever and are each provided with a run-up slope 42; the lugs 26 serve to unlock the locking element as a result of the action of the finger-like guide members 64 and 65 of a plug-in socket 62.
- the guide members 64 and 65 when they come into engagement with the wing-like lugs 26 - lift the locking lug 54 from between the L- shaped webs 48 formed groove and thus out of the recess 10 in the slide key 5.
- the locking element 25 serves to hold a plug connector 1 axially in the holder 20 when the coupling partner 60 has not yet been inserted or is removed.
- the locking can also be released by manually locking the locking element at its non-spring-loaded free end 52 is operated.
- Figure 8 also clearly shows the bore 32 in the wall 30 and the pin 33 on the opposite wall 34. Furthermore, the design of an L-shaped web 48 with the cross struts 51 and the arrangement of a guide web 36 can be seen. In addition, the sliding surfaces 55 are marked for the sliding surface 72 of the connector 1 provided with the sliding key, the guide surface 56 for the sliding key 5 and the sliding surface 57 formed by the web 36 for a guide member of the plug-in socket. According to FIG. 9, the socket 62 is essentially cuboid in shape and serves to receive the front end of a connector which is also essentially cuboid in shape.
- Two opposite narrow sides of the socket are each provided with a recess 63 for receiving a latching lug of the connector, the recess 63 being dimensioned in the axial direction in such a way that the plug-in connector and socket are axially displaceable to one another within certain limits in the locked state.
- the two finger-like guide members 64 and 65 are flat and provided with bevels 69 on the fingertips.
- a web-like elevation 67 is arranged on the top of each guide member. On the one hand, this elevation serves to mechanically stabilize the flat guide members, and on the other hand, a part of this elevation begins to be set back axially, a slope 70 being provided at the beginning of this set-back part.
- These bevels and the adjoining active surfaces 66 come into engagement with the wing-like projections 26 of the locking member 25 when the plug-in bay is inserted into the holder 20 of the coupling arrangement.
- Further bevels 71 for guiding the guide members 64 and 65 are on the narrow edges of the flat guide members intended.
- FIG. 10 shows the engagement of the locking element 25 in the recess 10 in the sliding key 5 of the connector housing 3.
- FIG. 10 also shows the assignment of a finger-like guide member 64 with the bevel 70 to a wing-like extension 26 of the locking element 25.
- the bevel 70 lifts the wing-like extension 26 high and thus leads the locking lug of the locking element out of the recess 10 in the connector housing 3. This takes place at a point in time at which the latching lugs 7 of the latching arms 6 (see FIG. 11) are latched into the corresponding recesses 63 in the socket 62.
- the distance a of the latching edge 73 of the recess 63 from the inclined surfaces 70 on the guide members 64/65 should be chosen to be smaller than the sum of the distance b a locking lug 7 from the recess 10 in the sliding key of the connector and the distance c between the locking lug 54 and the wing-like projections 26 of the locking element 25.
- the distance d of the recess 10 in the sliding key 7 from the transverse web 8 in the insertion direction is greater than the distance in the insertion direction e of the locking lug 54 from the inclined plane provided in the inner housing 24 and forming the run-up slope 47.
- the two plug connectors 1 are of identical design and are arranged in mirror image to one another; Accordingly, the two brackets, each formed from a clip, outer housing and inner housing, are of the same design and are arranged in an opening in the housing wall 3 in mirror image of one another.
- the two coupling partners 60 are likewise of identical design and are arranged in mirror image to one another, one coupling partner being arranged on the top and the other on the underside at the edge of the circuit board 72.
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