TWM582140U - Combined fiber optic adapter - Google Patents

Abstract

A combined optical fiber adapter includes a body unit and a combination unit disposed on the body unit. The body unit includes a substrate having two sides respectively located on two opposite sides, and two extension plates respectively extending in the same direction from the sides of the substrate, and each extension plate has a side edge away from the substrate. The combination unit includes two first assembly members formed on the side edges of the extension plates, and two first assembly members formed on the substrate and capable of interengaging with the first assembly members of another combined optical fiber adapter Second assembly. When you need to combine multiple combined fiber adapters, you only need to use the first assembly and the second assembly to assemble each other, eliminating the assembly structure in the other direction, which can effectively improve the assembly and fiber Network configuration efficiency.

Description

Combined fiber optic adapter

The present invention relates to an optical fiber adapter, especially a combined optical fiber adapter.

Referring to FIG. 1, a conventional optical fiber adapter 1 includes a body 10 having a chamber 100. The body 10 includes a base wall 11 and two side walls 12 extending from the two sides of the base wall 11 in the same direction. The inlays 13 on the same side edge of the side walls 12, two inlay grooves 14 respectively provided on the other side edges of the side walls 12, and two buckle units 15 provided on the side walls 12 respectively. The embedded pieces 13 can be connected to the embedded groove 14 corresponding to another optical fiber adapter 1. Each snap unit 15 has a snap member 151 extending outward from the corresponding side wall 12 and a snap groove 152 formed on the corresponding sidewall 12, the snap member 151 can be connected to another optical fiber The engaging grooves 152 of the adapter 1 are combined, and a plurality of optical fiber adapters 1 are connected in series to form the configuration shown in FIG. 2.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2 at the same time, when the optical fiber adapter 1 is actually used, according to the established specifications of the matching equipment, it is bound to use the two fasteners 151 and the engaging grooves 152 of the two optical fiber adapters 1 to engage with each other The docking method is combined into a basic unit to use. If due to the arrangement density or other requirements, when a plurality of the optical fiber adapters 1 are to be combined into an array, it is also basically a basic unit mainly composed of two optical fiber adapters 1, and then the clamping members 13 and the embedding The grooves 14 are formed by snap-fitting each other. In other words, the two optical fiber adapters 1 are first engaged with each other through the fasteners 151 and the fastener grooves 152, which is a combined action that must be performed under any usage requirements. If the assembly can be further simplified, That is, the efficiency of the assembly and the configuration of the optical fiber network can be improved, taking into account the function of assembling the required type of adapter array according to the needs.

Therefore, the purpose of the present invention is to provide a combined optical fiber adapter that can simplify assembly.

Therefore, the novel combined optical fiber adapter includes a body unit and a combination unit disposed on the body unit.

The body unit includes a substrate having two sides respectively located on two opposite sides, and two extension plates respectively extending in the same direction from the sides of the substrate, and each extension plate has a side edge away from the substrate.

The combination unit includes two first combination members formed on the side edges of the extension plates, and two formed on the substrate and capable of interengaging with the first combination members of another combined fiber optic adapter Second assembly.

The function of the present invention lies in that the first assembly and the second assembly can be assembled with each other. When a specific type of adapter array needs to be constructed, as long as a single-direction assembly operation is performed, that is, In the case of omitting the assembly operation in the other direction, the assembly can be completed efficiently, and the configuration efficiency of the optical fiber network can also be improved thereby.

Before the present invention is described in detail, it should be noted that in the following description, similar elements are denoted by the same number.

Referring to FIGS. 3 and 4, it is a first embodiment of the new combined optical fiber adapter. The first embodiment includes a body unit 2 and a combination unit 3 disposed on the body unit 2.

The body unit 2 includes a substrate 21 having two sides 211 located on two opposite sides, and two extending from the sides 211 of the substrate 21 in the same direction and defining an extension of an inner space 200 surrounding the substrate 21 Plate 22, a partition 23 extending from the base plate 21 to the inner space 200, two spaced apart from each other and inserted through the partition 23 and suitable for the insertion tube 24 for optical fiber penetration (only one is visible due to the angle relationship shown) ), and the second sealing plate 29 (only one is visible in FIG. 3 due to the angle relationship shown). Each extension plate 22 has a through-mold release groove 220 and a side edge 221 away from the substrate 21. Among them, the demolding grooves 220 make it easier to demold the first embodiment after the molding is completed, and the sealing plates 29 respectively detachably close the demolding grooves 220 to prevent the demolding grooves 220 Affects the normal use of this first embodiment.

The combination unit 3 includes two first combination members 31 formed on the side edges 221 of the extension plates 22, and two first combinations formed on the substrate 21 and capable of being combined with another combined fiber optic adapter Pieces 31 are joined to the second assembly 32. Wherein, each first assembly 31 is a convex column protrudingly provided on an individual side edge 221, and each second assembly 32 is a concave recess provided on the substrate 21 and having a shape opposite to the convex column and can be connected to each other groove.

Referring to FIG. 5, among the plurality of the first embodiments, the characteristics of the first assembly 31 and the second assembly 32 can be combined to make one of the first combinations of the first embodiment The component 31 and the second assembly 32 of another first embodiment are assembled with each other, so that the two first embodiments can be combined with each other in a direction perpendicular to the substrates 21. According to the required array type, an appropriate number can be selected, and as described above, the adapter array can be completed in a single direction. It is worth noting that, unlike the existing optical fiber adapter 1 shown in FIG. 1, the first embodiment omits the assembly structure in the direction parallel to the substrate 21, that is, the optical fiber adapter 1 corresponding to this is omitted. In the first embodiment, the structures of the equal fasteners 151 and the engagement grooves 152, which must be assembled in advance in the optical fiber adapter 1, are omitted in an integrated manner. Therefore, compared with the prior art, the first embodiment can indeed omit many assembly operations that must be performed, thereby improving the assembly efficiency, and thus the configuration efficiency of the optical fiber network.

6 and 7 are a second embodiment of the new combined optical fiber adapter. The difference between the second embodiment and the first embodiment is that the second embodiment further includes a detachably connected to the The side connection unit 4 of the combination unit 3 includes a side plate 41 and two sides formed on the side plate 41 spaced apart from each other and used for assembling with the first assembly 31 or the second assembly 32 The assembly 42 and a side connecting member 43 extending outward from one side of the side plate 41 opposite to the side assembly 42. In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, each side assembly 42 of the side connection unit 4 is a convex column protruding from the side plate 41, that is, each of the first embodiment The first assembly 31 has the same shape and can be assembled with the groove-shaped second assembly 32.

Referring to FIGS. 8 and 9, it is another embodiment of the second embodiment. Wherein, each side assembly 42 of the side connection unit 4 is a groove recessed in the side plate 41, that is, the same type as each second assembly 32 of the first embodiment, and can be The first assembly 31 of column type is assembled.

Referring to FIG. 10, the side connector 43 of the second embodiment is intended to assemble the entire adapter array to the connection structure on both sides of other devices after the adapter array is assembled. That is to say, the second embodiment is used to connect the two ends of the required adapter array, and then assemble them to other devices through the side connectors 43 at the two ends. As shown in FIG. 10, when the required number of combinations of the first embodiment is completed, both sides can still utilize the characteristics that the first assembly 31 and the second assembly 32 can be mutually assembled, so that The two side assemblies 42 are connected to the second embodiment of the side connection unit 4 and are assembled with the two first embodiments that have been combined, thereby assembling to make use of the side connection members 43 of the side connection units 4 An array of adapters connected to other devices.

In summary, the novel combined optical fiber adapter of the present invention omits the assembly structure that is parallel to the direction of the substrate 21 and inevitably needs to be combined. The first assembly 31 and the second assembly 32 are used as an assembly structure. Relatively simple assembly operations along one direction can efficiently complete the required combination of adapter arrays, which can also improve the efficiency of optical fiber network configuration, so it can indeed achieve the purpose of new cost.

However, the above are only examples of the new model. When the scope of the new model cannot be limited by this, any simple equivalent changes and modifications made according to the patent application scope and patent specification content of the new model are still regarded as Within the scope of this new patent.

1‧‧‧ fiber optic adapter
151‧‧‧buckle
152‧‧‧Snap slot
2‧‧‧Body unit
200‧‧‧Inner space
21‧‧‧ substrate
211‧‧‧Side
22‧‧‧Extended board
220‧‧‧Molding slot
221‧‧‧Side edge
23‧‧‧Partition
24‧‧‧Plug-in
29‧‧‧Seal
3‧‧‧Combination unit
31‧‧‧The first assembly
32‧‧‧Second assembly
4‧‧‧Side connection unit
41‧‧‧Side board
42‧‧‧Side assembly
43‧‧‧Side connector

Other features and functions of the present invention will be clearly presented in the embodiments with reference to the drawings, in which:
Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating an existing fiber optic adapter;
FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating a manner in which multiple optical fiber adapters are assembled with each other;
Fig. 3 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a first embodiment of the novel combined fiber optic adapter;
4 is a perspective view illustrating the elements of the first embodiment at an angle different from FIG. 3;
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating a plurality of the first embodiment assembled with each other;
FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a second embodiment of the new combined optical fiber adapter according to an angle similar to FIG. 3;
7 is a perspective view illustrating the elements of the second embodiment at an angle similar to FIG. 4;
8 is an exploded perspective view illustrating another implementation form of the second embodiment;
9 is a perspective view illustrating the elements of the second embodiment at a different angle from FIG. 8; and FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram illustrating the assembly of two of the first embodiment and two of the second embodiment into one Adapter array.

Claims (7)

A combined fiber optic adapter, including:
A body unit, including a base plate having two side edges on two opposite sides, and two extension plates respectively extending in the same direction from the side edges of the base plate, each extension plate having a side edge away from the base plate; And a combination unit, which is arranged on the body unit and includes two first combination members formed on the side edges of the extension plates, and two formed on the substrate and capable of being combined with another combination fiber adapter A second assembly in which the first assemblies are joined to each other. The combined optical fiber adapter according to claim 1, wherein each extension plate further has a through-shaped release groove, and the body unit further includes two sealing plates that respectively detachably close the release grooves. The combined optical fiber adapter according to claim 1, wherein each first assembly is a convex column protruding on an individual side edge, and each second assembly is a groove concavely disposed on the substrate. The combined optical fiber adapter according to claim 1, wherein the base plate of the body unit and the extension plates define an inner space, and the body unit further includes a partition extending from the base plate to the inner space , And two are spaced apart from each other and inserted through the plug tube of the partition. The combined optical fiber adapter according to claim 1, further comprising a side connection unit detachably connected to the combination unit, the side connection unit includes a side plate, two spaced apart from the side plate and used for A side assembly assembled by an assembly or the second assemblies, and a side connection extending outward from the side plate opposite to a side of the side assemblies. The combined optical fiber adapter according to claim 5, wherein each side assembly of the side connection unit is a convex column protruding from the side plate. The combined optical fiber adapter according to claim 5, wherein each side assembly of the side connection unit is a groove recessed in the side plate.