Binding assembly of optical fiber plug for ship equipment and use method of binding assembly

Abstract

The invention belongs to the related field of the network communication technology of ship equipment, and discloses a binding assembly of an optical fiber plug for ship equipment, which comprises an upper enclosure frame and a lower enclosure frame, and is characterized in that the upper enclosure frame is of an inverted E-shaped structure composed of a top plate, a left side plate, a right side plate and a central partition plate; a strip-shaped protruding lock catch is arranged on the lower portion of the outer side of the left side plate, and meanwhile an elastic locking unit is arranged on the lower portion of the outer side of the right side plate. A handle buckle is formed at the tail of the left end of the lower enclosure frame, and an inserting piece with a protruding part is machined at the tail of the right end of the lower enclosure frame. The invention further discloses a corresponding binding method. According to the invention, the optical fiber receiving and transmitting jumper plug can be integrally bound, so that not only can the vibration, bumping and impact resistance be improved, but also the maintenance work efficiency and accuracy can be improved; in addition, the optical fiber receiving plug and the optical fiber transmitting plug can be inserted or pulled out at the same time through single-hand single-time operation, and the advantages are obvious when equipment with high optical fiber connector density is operated and maintained.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention belongs to the field related to ship equipment network communication technology, and more specifically, relates to a binding component of an optical fiber plug for ship equipment and a use method thereof. Background Art

[0002] The fiber optic interface consists of a receiving channel and a transmitting channel. The independent receiving and transmitting jumper plugs of the optical cable are used to connect the receiving and transmitting ports of the optical module to achieve external communication. It has been widely used in the field of fiber optic communication of ship equipment.

[0003] During the actual testing, use and maintenance of ship fiber optic network communication equipment, it was found that the following deficiencies still exist: First, when ship equipment is in harsh environments such as vibration, bumping and impact, the traditional connection method between the optical cable receive and transmit jumper plugs and the optical module will still lead to partial loss of optical transmission bandwidth; Second, during maintenance, it is necessary to plug and unplug the receive and transmit jumper plugs separately, which is particularly inconvenient to perform maintenance in a narrow space suitable for only one-handed operation, and the work efficiency is low; Third, the receive and transmit jumper plugs unplugged during maintenance are easily confused with the receive and transmit jumpers of other optical fiber interfaces, causing wiring errors.

[0004] In view of the above technical problems, the prior art attempts to propose some solutions. For example, CN01103246.4 discloses an optical fiber connection system, which includes a pair of optical fibers, at least one optical cable strength member and an optical fiber plug, wherein the optical fiber plug includes a housing, first and second plug pre-assembled components and an insert.

[0005] However, further research shows that although the combination of the plug pre-assembled accessories and the insert in this solution can fix the fiber optic plug, it is not an integral structure, and is inconvenient to install and disassemble. In addition, after the fiber optic plug in this solution is fixed, it needs to cooperate with the fiber optic socket to fix the fiber optic connection. It is only suitable for conventional fiber optic cable docking and extension applications, and is not suitable for the connection between fiber optic plugs and optical modules inside ship equipment. Summary of the invention

[0006] In response to one or more of the above defects or needs in the prior art, the present invention provides a binding assembly of an optical fiber plug for ship equipment and a method of using the same, which fully combines the structural characteristics and special needs of optical fibers for ship equipment, and through research and improvement on its overall structural composition, setting method and usage mechanism, the optical fiber receiving and transmitting jumper plugs can be bound as a whole, which can not only improve the performance against vibration, bumping and impact, but also improve the efficiency and accuracy of maintenance work; in addition, the optical fiber receiving and transmitting plugs can be inserted or removed simultaneously with one hand and a single operation, which has obvious advantages when operating and maintaining equipment with a high density of optical fiber connectors, and is therefore particularly suitable for specific application scenarios of ship equipment network communications.

[0007] To achieve the above object, according to one aspect of the present invention, a binding assembly of an optical fiber plug for ship equipment is provided, characterized in that the binding assembly comprises an upper surrounding frame and a lower surrounding frame, wherein:

[0008] The upper enclosure presents an inverted mountain-shaped structure composed of a top plate, a left side plate, a right side plate and a central partition plate, and a strip-shaped protruding lock buckle is provided at the lower outer side of the left side plate, and an elastic locking unit is provided at the lower outer side of the right side plate;

[0009] The main body of the lower enclosure frame is kept parallel to the top plate of the upper enclosure frame, and its left end is bent upward at an obtuse angle and a handle buckle is formed at the tail, and its right end is bent upward at a right angle and a plug-in with a protruding portion is processed at the tail;

[0010] When binding is performed, the plug-in with the protruding part is embedded and fixed in the elastic locking unit, and the handle buckle is engaged on the strip-shaped protruding lock buckle, so that the upper frame and the lower frame are assembled into one body and two side-by-side front and rear straight-through spaces are formed inside, which are respectively used to install the receiving and transmitting jumper plugs of the optical fiber interface for ship equipment, thereby binding all the optical fiber plugs into a whole.

[0011] As a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, the elastic locking unit preferably includes a slider, a slider slot and a cover plate, wherein the slider slot is processed in a recessed area at the lower outer side of the right side plate, the slider can slide up and down to enter the slider slot and remain engaged and fixed, and the cover plate is used to cover the recessed area and its outer surface remains flush with the outer surface of the right side plate.

[0012] As a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, the cover plate is preferably fixed to the right side plate by using a plurality of screws, or is installed on the right side plate by using a slide groove or a hinge structure.

[0013] As a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, the upper enclosure frame is processed in an integral molding manner and is preferably made of stainless steel.

[0014] As a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, the lower surrounding frame is processed by an integral molding method, and is preferably made of elastic metal wire.

[0015] As a further preference of the present invention, the elastic metal wire is preferably made of stainless steel.

[0016] According to another aspect of the present invention, a corresponding optical fiber plug binding method for ship equipment is also provided.

[0017] As a further preferred embodiment of the present invention, the optical fiber receiving and transmitting plugs can be simultaneously inserted or removed by a single operation with one hand.

[0018] In general, the above technical solution conceived by the present invention has the following technical advantages compared with the prior art:

[0019] (1) The present invention fully combines the structural characteristics and special needs of optical fibers used in ship equipment, and through research and improvement of its overall structural composition and setting method, the optical fiber receiving and transmitting jumper plugs can be bound as a whole during use, which can not only improve the performance of anti-vibration, shock and impact, but also improve the efficiency and accuracy of maintenance work;

[0020] (2) The optical fiber plug binding assembly of the present invention has a compact overall structure, and its physical size is smaller than the width of the optical module, which can effectively meet the requirements of compact installation space inside ship equipment;

[0021] (3) The optical fiber plug binding assembly of the present invention also optimizes the design of key units such as assembly components, and its connection is reliable, so that the optical fiber receiving and transmitting jumper plugs form a tight whole, which can further improve the performance of the equipment in resisting vibration, shock and impact;

[0022] (4) The binding assembly of the present invention can realize the simultaneous insertion or removal of the optical fiber receiving and transmitting plugs with a single hand operation, which has obvious advantages when operating and maintaining equipment with a high density of optical fiber connectors. It can ensure the correctness of the optical fiber receiving and transmitting connections, and is therefore particularly suitable for specific application scenarios of ship equipment network communications, and thus has good practical value and application prospects. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0023] Figure 1 It is a schematic diagram of the structure explosion of an optical fiber plug binding assembly for ship equipment provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0024] Figure 2 It is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of an optical fiber plug binding assembly for ship equipment provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0025] Figure 3a , 3b They are respectively assembly schematic diagrams of an optical fiber plug binding assembly for ship equipment provided in an embodiment of the present application;

[0026] Figure 4 A schematic diagram showing the installation of the lower surround frame insert into the slider card slot is shown in more detail;

[0027] Figure 5a , 5b They are schematic diagrams for exemplarily showing the effect after the binding assembly according to the present invention and the optical fiber interface receiving and transmitting jumper plugs for ship equipment are installed;

[0028] Throughout the drawings, the same reference numerals are used to denote the same elements or structures, wherein:

[0029] 1-upper frame; 2-lower frame; 3-cover plate; 4-screws; 5-slider; 6-strip-shaped raised lock buckle; 7-handle buckle; 8-slider slot. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0030] In order to make the purpose, technical solution and advantages of the present application more clearly understood, the present application is further described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are only used to explain the present application and are not used to limit the present application.

[0031] It should be understood that expressions such as "include" and "may include" used in this application indicate the existence of the disclosed functions, operations or constituent elements, and do not limit one or more additional functions, operations and constituent elements. In this application, terms such as "include" and / or "have" may be interpreted as indicating specific characteristics, numbers, operations, constituent elements, components or combinations thereof, but may not be interpreted as excluding the existence or possibility of adding one or more other characteristics, numbers, operations, constituent elements, components or combinations thereof.

[0032] It should be understood that the terms "center", "up", "down", "front", "back", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inside", "outside", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", "axial", "radial", "circumferential" and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the accompanying drawings, and are only for the convenience of describing the present application and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the referred device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be understood as a limitation on the present application.

[0033] In addition, the terms "first" and "second" are used for descriptive purposes only and should not be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of the indicated technical features. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the features. In the description of this application, the meaning of "plurality" is two or more, unless otherwise clearly and specifically defined.

[0034] In this application, unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, the terms "installed", "connected", "connected", "fixed" and the like should be understood in a broad sense, for example, it can be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; it can be a mechanical connection or an electrical connection; it can be a direct connection, or it can be an indirect connection through an intermediate medium, or it can be the internal communication of two components. For ordinary technicians in this field, the specific meanings of the above terms in this application can be understood according to specific circumstances.

[0035] Figure 1is a schematic diagram of an exploded structure of an optical fiber plug binding assembly for ship equipment provided in an embodiment of the present application, Figure 2 This is a schematic diagram of the overall structure of the optical fiber plug binding assembly for ship equipment provided by the embodiment of the present application. Figure 1 and Figure 2 To explain the present invention in more detail.

[0036] Reference Figure 1 and Figure 2 The binding assembly of the optical fiber plug for ship equipment in the present invention includes an upper enclosure frame 1 and a lower enclosure frame 2, and a more appropriate accommodating space is obtained by assembling and fixing the upper enclosure frame 1 and the lower enclosure frame 2, thereby realizing the integral binding of all optical fiber plugs.

[0037] See also Figure 1 The upper enclosure frame 1 presents an inverted mountain-shaped structure composed of a top plate, a left side plate, a right side plate and a central partition plate, and a strip-shaped protruding lock buckle 6 is provided at the lower outer side of the left side plate, and an elastic locking unit is provided at the lower outer side of the right side plate;

[0038] The main body of the lower frame 2 is kept parallel to the top plate of the upper frame 1, and its left end is bent upward at an obtuse angle and a handle buckle 7 is formed at the tail, and its right end is bent upward at a right angle and a plug-in with a protruding portion is processed at the tail.

[0039] When binding is performed, the plug-in with the protruding part is embedded and fixed in the elastic locking unit, and the handle buckle 7 is engaged on the strip-shaped protruding lock buckle 6, so that the upper frame and the lower frame are assembled into one body and two side-by-side front and rear straight-through spaces are formed inside, which are respectively used to install the receiving and transmitting jumper plugs of the optical fiber interface for ship equipment, thereby binding all the optical fiber plugs into a whole.

[0040] See also Figure 1 According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the elastic locking unit preferably includes a slider 5, a slider slot 8 and a cover plate 3, wherein the slider slot 8 is processed in a recessed area at the lower outer side of the right side plate, the slider 5 can slide up and down into the slider slot 8 and remain engaged and fixed, and the cover plate 3 is used to cover the recessed area and its outer surface remains flush with the outer surface of the right side plate.

[0041] In addition, the cover plate 3 can be fixed to the right side plate by using a plurality of screws 4, or can be installed on the right side plate by using a slide groove or a hinge structure.

[0042] According to another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the upper enclosure frame 1 is processed in an integrally formed manner and is preferably made of stainless steel.

[0043] According to another preferred embodiment of the present invention, the lower enclosure frame 2 is processed in an integrated manner and is preferably made of an elastic metal wire. In addition, the elastic metal wire is preferably made of stainless steel. In this way, not only can the elastic force be fully utilized to complete the assembly with the upper enclosure frame 1 more simply and quickly, but it is also further convenient for processing, manufacturing and subsequent maintenance.

[0044] Through the above conception, the fiber optic plug binding assembly of the present invention has a compact overall structure, and its physical size is smaller than the width of the optical module, which can effectively meet the requirements of compact installation space inside ship equipment; in addition, the binding assembly of the present invention can realize the simultaneous insertion or removal of fiber optic receiving and transmitting plugs with a single hand and a single operation, which has obvious advantages when operating and maintaining equipment with a high density of fiber optic connectors, and can ensure the correctness of the fiber optic receiving and transmitting connections.

[0045] The following will explain in detail the use process of the optical fiber plug binding assembly for ship equipment of the present invention.

[0046] See also Figure 3a and 3b , see also Figure 4 When assembling the optical fiber plug binding assembly for ship equipment of the present invention, first install the slider into the installation groove of the upper frame 1, install the plug-in of the lower frame 2 into the slider slot, and the cover plate 3 can be fixed to the upper cover plate by screws 4; then, clamp the handle buckle 7 of the lower frame 2 on the strip-shaped protruding lock buckle 6 of the upper cover plate 1.

[0047] like Figure 5a and 5b As shown, when installing the fiber optic interface receiving and transmitting jumper plug into the fiber optic plug binding assembly for ship equipment, you can first insert the plug-in of the lower frame 2 into the elastic locking device of the upper frame 1, and then insert the left and right parts of the top plate of the upper frame 1 under the plastic elastic pressing parts of the fiber optic interface receiving and transmitting jumper plug, and finally, clamp the handle buckle 7 of the lower frame above the strip-shaped protruding lock buckle 6 of the upper frame 1.

[0048] In summary, according to the optical fiber plug binding assembly for ship equipment of the present invention, the optical fiber receiving and transmitting jumper plugs can be bound as a whole, which can not only improve the performance against vibration, bumping and impact, but also improve the efficiency and accuracy of maintenance work; in addition, the optical fiber receiving and transmitting plugs can be inserted or removed simultaneously with one hand in a single operation, which has obvious advantages when operating and maintaining equipment with a high density of optical fiber connectors. Therefore, it is particularly suitable for specific application scenarios of ship equipment network communications, and has good practical value and application prospects.

[0049] It will be easily understood by those skilled in the art that the above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present application and is not intended to limit the present application. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions and improvements made within the spirit and principles of the present application shall be included in the scope of protection of the present application.

Claims

1. A binding assembly for an optical fiber plug for ship equipment, characterized in that: The binding assembly comprises an upper surrounding frame (1) and a lower surrounding frame (2), wherein: The upper enclosure frame (1) presents an inverted mountain-shaped structure composed of a top plate, a left side plate, a right side plate and a central partition plate, and a strip-shaped protruding lock buckle (6) is provided on the lower outer side of the left side plate, and an elastic locking unit is provided on the lower outer side of the right side plate; The main body of the lower enclosure frame (2) is kept parallel to the top plate of the upper enclosure frame (1), and its left end is bent upward at an obtuse angle and a handle buckle (7) is formed at the tail, and its right end is bent upward at a right angle and a plug-in with a protruding portion is processed at the tail; When binding is performed, the plug-in with the protruding portion is embedded and fixed in the elastic locking unit, and the handle buckle (7) is engaged on the strip-shaped protruding lock buckle (6), so that the upper frame and the lower frame are assembled into one body and two side-by-side front and rear straight-through spaces are formed inside, which are respectively used to install the receiving and transmitting jumper plugs of the optical fiber interface for ship equipment, thereby binding all the optical fiber plugs into a whole.

2. The binding assembly of the optical fiber plug for ship equipment according to claim 1, characterized in that: The elastic locking unit preferably comprises a slider (5), a slider slot (8) and a cover plate (3), wherein the slider slot (8) is processed in a recessed area at the lower outer side of the right side plate, the slider (5) can slide up and down into the slider slot (8) and remain engaged and fixed, and the cover plate (3) is used to cover the recessed area and its outer surface is kept flush with the outer surface of the right side plate.

3. The binding assembly of the optical fiber plug for ship equipment according to claim 2, characterized in that: The cover plate (3) is preferably fixed to the right side plate by using a plurality of screws (4), or is installed on the right side plate by using a slide groove or hinge structure.

4. The binding assembly of the optical fiber plug for ship equipment according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that: The upper surrounding frame (1) is processed in an integrated molding manner and is preferably made of stainless steel.

5. The binding assembly of the optical fiber plug for ship equipment according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that: The lower surrounding frame (2) is processed in an integrated molding manner and is preferably made of elastic metal wire.

6. The binding assembly of the optical fiber plug for ship equipment according to claim 5, characterized in that: The elastic metal wire is preferably made of stainless steel.

7. A method for binding optical fiber plugs for ship equipment, characterized in that: The method is implemented by using the component described in any one of claims 1-7.

8. The method for binding optical fiber plugs for ship equipment according to claim 7, characterized in that: The fiber optic receiving and transmitting plugs can be inserted or removed simultaneously with one hand and one operation.

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