Optical fiber connector

Abstract

The utility model discloses an optical fiber connector, which comprises an optical fiber connector, a shell and a tail sleeve, the shell is sleeved on the optical fiber connector, the front end of the optical fiber connector is used for connecting an adapter, the rear end of the optical fiber connector is provided with a protruding part, and the protruding part is used for preventing the shell from being separated from the optical fiber connector; a buckle is arranged on the outer surface of the rear end of the shell, a sliding groove is formed between the front end of the shell and the buckle, the tail sleeve comprises a sliding part, a connecting beam and a push-pull part which are fixedly connected in sequence, and the sliding groove is wrapped with the sliding part; an opening matched with the connecting beam is formed in the middle of the buckle, a step is arranged on the inner wall of the push-and-pull part and used for abutting against the protruding part so as to push the optical fiber connector to be connected into an adapter, and adaptation between connectors can be completed only by pushing and pulling the tail sleeve in the inserting and assembling process of the connectors. And the adaptation of the optical fiber connector is more convenient.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to the field of optical fiber communication technology, in particular to an optical fiber connector. BACKGROUND

[0002] In order to meet the high density and high efficiency cable connection requirements of high-speed large-capacity optical communication system, optical fiber patch cord is developed, which has the characteristics of simple installation, fast construction speed, compact design, high precision and plug and play, and becomes the ideal processing scheme of data center. With the rapid expansion of data center and the popularity of emerging technologies such as 5G, cloud computing and Internet of Things, the market demand for optical fiber connectors continues to grow. Its high density, low insertion loss and easy installation characteristics make it widely used in optical fiber communication networks.

[0003] In the data center, the space for installing optical fiber connectors is limited. In order to increase the number of optical fiber connectors to meet the growing demand for capacity, more space is needed or smaller optical fiber connectors are needed. As optical fiber connectors become smaller and more dense, installation and removal become more difficult, and in order to remove them, people must grasp the optical fiber connector jacket to unlock, which will seriously affect the operation of the installer, making it difficult to quickly disassemble and assemble the optical fiber connector. SUMMARY

[0004] The utility model discloses a kind of optical fiber connectors to solve the technical problem that existing optical fiber connectors are difficult to quickly disassemble and assemble.

[0005] The technical problem of the utility model is solved by the following technical scheme:

[0006] An optical fiber connector, comprising a fiber connector, a housing, a tail sleeve, the housing is sleeved on the fiber connector, the front end of the fiber connector is used to connect the adapter, the rear end of the fiber connector is provided with a protruding part, and the protruding part is used to block the housing from separating from the fiber connector;A buckle is arranged on the rear end outer surface of the housing, a sliding groove is arranged between the front end of the housing and the buckle, the tail sleeve comprises a sliding part, a connecting beam and a push-pull part connected in sequence, and the sliding part is wrapped outside the sliding groove;The buckle is provided with an opening matched with the connecting beam in the middle, the inner wall of the push-pull part is provided with a step, and the step is used to push the fiber connector to connect to the adapter.

[0007] In some embodiments, the following technical features are also included:

[0008] The front end of the optical fiber connector is provided with a first key, the rear end of the optical fiber connector is provided with a second key, the inner wall of the shell is provided with a first key groove matched with the first key and a second key groove matched with the second key, the distance between the first key groove and the second key groove is smaller than the distance between the first key and the second key, and the distance from the front end to the rear end of the shell is smaller than the distance from the front end to the rear end of the optical fiber connector.

[0009] In some embodiments, the front end of the shell is provided with a second step, and the shape of the buckle is wedge-shaped.

[0010] In some embodiments, the front end of the buckle is provided with a first wedge-shaped groove, and the rear end of the sliding part is provided with a first wedge-shaped boss matched with the first wedge-shaped groove.

[0011] In some embodiments, the side surface of the buckle is provided with a second wedge-shaped groove, and the side surface of the connecting beam is provided with a second wedge-shaped boss matched with the second wedge-shaped groove.

[0012] In some embodiments, the back surface of the buckle is provided with a guide slope.

[0013] In some embodiments, the tail sleeve is made of flexible material.

[0014] In some embodiments, the push-pull part is provided with a hollow groove.

[0015] In some embodiments, the rear end of the push-pull part is provided with a handle.

[0016] In some embodiments, the shape of the handle is wineglass-shaped.

[0017] The beneficial effects of the present application compared with the prior art include:

[0018] The optical fiber connector provided by the present application comprises an optical fiber connector, a shell, a tail sleeve, the shell is sleeved on the optical fiber connector, the rear end of the optical fiber connector is provided with a protruding part, the shell is provided with a sliding groove, the rear end of the shell is provided with a buckle, the tail sleeve comprises a sliding part, a connecting beam and a push-pull part which are sequentially fixed and connected, the sliding part is wrapped outside the sliding groove, the buckle is provided with an opening matched with the connecting beam in the middle, and the inner wall of the push-pull part is provided with a step, and the like technical features can realize that the kinetic energy generated by moving the push-pull tail sleeve forward and backward acts on the optical fiber connector, so that the acting force on the optical fiber connector is increased, thereby solving the technical problem that the existing optical fiber connector is difficult to disassemble and assemble quickly, and in the connector plugging assembly process, the adaptation between the connectors can be completed by pushing and pulling the tail sleeve, so that the adaptation of the optical fiber connector is more convenient.

[0019] Other beneficial effects in the embodiments of the present application will be further described in the following. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0020] Figure 1 is a structural schematic diagram of the optical fiber connector in the embodiment of the utility model;

[0021] Figure 2 is an exploded schematic diagram of the optical fiber connector in the embodiment of the utility model;

[0022] Figure 3 is a structural schematic diagram of the optical fiber connector in the embodiment of the utility model;

[0023] Figure 4a is a three-dimensional structural schematic diagram of the shell in the embodiment of the utility model;

[0024] Figure 4b is another three-dimensional structural schematic diagram of the shell in the embodiment of the utility model;

[0025] Figure 5 is a left view of the shell in the embodiment of the utility model;

[0026] Figure 6 is a front view of the shell in the embodiment of the utility model;

[0027] Figure 7 is a right view of the shell in the embodiment of the utility model;

[0028] Figure 8a is a three-dimensional structural schematic diagram of the tail sleeve in the embodiment of the utility model;

[0029] Figure 8b is another three-dimensional structural schematic diagram of the tail sleeve in the embodiment of the utility model;

[0030] Figure 9 is a right view of the tail sleeve in the embodiment of the utility model;

[0031] Figure 10 is a left view of the tail sleeve in the embodiment of the utility model;

[0032] Figure 11 is a top view of the tail sleeve in the embodiment of the utility model;

[0033] Figure 12a and 12b is an A-A sectional schematic diagram of the tail sleeve in the embodiment of the utility model;

[0034] Figure 13 is an assembly direction schematic diagram of the shell and the optical fiber connector in the embodiment of the utility model;

[0035] Reference: 1, fiber connector; 11, first key; 12, second key; 13, protruding part; 2, housing; 21, sliding groove; 22, buckle; 221, first wedge-shaped groove; 222, second wedge-shaped groove; 223, guide slope; 23, wedge-shaped opening; 24, first key groove; 25, second key groove; 3, tail sleeve; 31, sliding part; 311, first wedge-shaped boss; 312, second wedge-shaped boss; 32, connecting beam; 33, push-pull part; 331, step; 332, hollow slot; 333, wineglass-shaped handle. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0036] The embodiments of the present application will be described in detail below. It should be emphasized that the following description is only exemplary and is not intended to limit the scope of the present application and its applications.

[0037] It should be noted that when an element is referred to as being "fixed" or "set" on another element, it can be directly on the other element or indirectly on the other element. When an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or indirectly connected to the other element. In addition, the connection can be for fixing or for coupling or communicating.

[0038] It should be understood that the terms "upper", "front", "back", "left", "right", "inner", "outer" and the like indicate the orientation or positional relationship based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and are only used to facilitate the description of the embodiments of the present application and simplify the description, and therefore cannot be understood as indicating or implying that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as limiting the present application.

[0039] In addition, the terms "first", "second" are only for descriptive purposes and cannot be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of the technical features indicated. Therefore, the features defined with "first", "second" can explicitly or implicitly include one or more of the features, unless otherwise specifically limited.

[0040] Reference Figures 1 to 12bThe utility model embodiment provides a kind of simple structure, by mechanical connection technology, allow multiple optical fibers to be connected and disconnected simultaneously quickly, easily, greatly simplify the maintenance and management of optical fiber network optical fiber connector, including optical fiber connector 1, shell 2, tail cover 3, shell 2 is set on optical fiber connector 1, the front end of optical fiber connector 1 is used to connect adapter, the rear end of optical fiber connector 1 is provided with protruding portion 13, protruding portion 13 is used to block shell 2 from optical fiber connector 1;Buckle 22 is provided on the rear end outer surface of shell 2, sliding slot 21 is provided between the front end of shell 2 and buckle 22, tail cover 3 includes sliding portion 31, connecting beam 32, push-pull portion 33 connected in sequence, sliding portion 31 is wrapped in sliding slot 21 outside;Buckle 22 is provided with the opening (preferably wedge-shaped opening 23) matched with connecting beam 32 in the middle, the inner wall of push-pull portion 33 is provided with step 331, step 331 is used to prop up protruding portion 13 to promote optical fiber connector 1 to be connected into adapter.

[0041] In preferred embodiments, the front end of optical fiber connector 1 is provided with first key 11, the rear end of optical fiber connector 1 is provided with second key 12, the inner wall of shell 2 is provided with first key groove 24 matched with first key 11, second key groove 25 matched with second key 12, the distance between first key groove 24 and second key groove 25 is less than the distance between first key 11 and second key 12, the distance from the front end to the rear end of shell 2 is less than the distance from the front end to the rear end of optical fiber connector 1. The shape of buckle 22 is wedge-shaped. The front end of buckle 22 is provided with first wedge-shaped groove 221, the rear end of sliding portion 31 is provided with first wedge-shaped boss 311 matched with first wedge-shaped groove 221. The side surface of buckle 22 is provided with second wedge-shaped groove 222, the side surface of connecting beam 32 is provided with second wedge-shaped boss 312 matched with second wedge-shaped groove 222. The back of buckle 22 is provided with guide slope 223. Push-pull portion 33 is provided with hollow groove 332, the rear end of push-pull portion 33 is provided with wine-cup-shaped handle 333.

[0042] Reference Figures 1 to 12b The utility model embodiment further provides a kind of pushable optical fiber connector, including: the shell 2 that can be sleeved on optical fiber connector 1 slides, tail cover 3 is pulled to the front and back movement of shell 2. Wherein, shell is sleeved on optical fiber connector 1, shell 2 can move to and fro on optical fiber connector 1, the assembly direction of shell 2 and optical fiber connector 1 is as shown in the figure Figure 13The tail sleeve 3 is wrapped around the sliding slot 21 of the shell 2. When the tail sleeve 3 is pulled back, the front end of the tail sleeve 3 hooks the buckle 22 at the rear end of the shell 2, and drives the shell 2 to move back, so that the fiber connector 1 can be unlocked from the adapter. When the tail sleeve 3 is pushed forward, the step 331 in the tail sleeve 3 drives the fiber connector 1 to move forward, so that the fiber connector 1 is connected to the adapter. The design of the push-pull tail sleeve can only push and pull the tail sleeve during the connection and assembly of the fiber connector, so that the fiber connector is more convenient to adapt.

[0043] In some preferred embodiments, the shell 2 is provided with a sliding slot 21 for the movement of the tail sleeve 3. The rear end of the shell 2 is provided with a wedge-shaped buckle, which can prevent the tail sleeve from falling out of the sliding slot 21 of the shell 2. The middle part of the wedge-shaped buckle at the rear end of the shell 2 is provided with a symmetric wedge-shaped opening 23, which avoids the connecting beam 32 of the tail sleeve. The rear end of the buckle 22 of the shell 2 is provided with a guide slope 223, which facilitates the sleeve of the tail sleeve 3 into the sliding slot 21 of the shell 2 from the rear end of the shell 2. The tail sleeve 3 is made of a flexible material, and the front end of the tail sleeve 3 is deformed and assembled into the shell 2, and wraps the sliding slot 21 of the shell 2. The front end of the tail sleeve 3 and the shell 2 are provided with a first wedge-shaped boss 311; the connecting beam 32 of the tail sleeve 3 and the opening of the buckle 22 of the shell 2 are provided with a second wedge-shaped boss 312, and the first wedge-shaped boss 311 and the second wedge-shaped boss 312 are embedded in the wedge-shaped buckle, so that the tail sleeve 3 can be firmly buckled on the shell 2, and the tail sleeve 3 is prevented from falling out of the shell 2. The middle part of the tail sleeve 3 is provided with a multi-directional hollow groove 332, which can make the tail sleeve 3 bend in any direction. The inside of the tail sleeve 3 is provided with a step 331, and the tail sleeve 3 is driven by external pushing force to move the fiber connector 1 forward, so that the fiber connector 1 is connected to the adapter. The tail of the tail sleeve 3 is provided with a wine cup type handle 333, which facilitates the operator to push and pull the tail sleeve more conveniently.

[0044] The optical fiber connector provided by the embodiment of the utility model has the following advantages:

[0045] 1. The shell is integrally formed by plastic injection molding, and the shell is provided with a sliding slot for the movement of the tail sleeve.

[0046] 2. The rear end of the shell is provided with a wedge-shaped buckle, which can prevent the tail sleeve from falling out of the sliding slot of the shell.

[0047] 3. The middle part of the buckle at the rear end of the shell is provided with a symmetric wedge-shaped opening, which avoids the connecting beam of the tail sleeve.

[0048] 4. The rear end of the buckle of the shell is provided with a guide slope, which facilitates the sleeve of the tail sleeve into the sliding slot of the shell from the rear end of the shell.

[0049] 5. The tail sleeve is made of a flexible material, and the front end of the tail sleeve is deformed and assembled into the shell, and wraps the sliding slot of the shell.

[0050] 6. A wedge-shaped protrusion is provided at the front end of the tail sleeve and the snap-fit ​​joint of the outer shell; a wedge-shaped protrusion is provided at the tail sleeve connecting beam and the snap-fit ​​opening of the outer shell. The wedge-shaped protrusion is embedded in the wedge-shaped snap-fit, so that the tail sleeve can be firmly snapped onto the outer shell and prevent the tail sleeve from falling off the outer shell.

[0051] 7. The tail sleeve has multi-directional hollow grooves in the middle part, which allow the tail sleeve to be bent in any direction.

[0052] 8. The tail sleeve has a step inside. When the tail sleeve is pushed by an external force, it will push the connector forward to connect to the adapter.

[0053] 9. The tail sleeve is equipped with a wine glass-shaped handle at the end, which makes it easier for the operator to push and pull the tail sleeve.

[0054] The above description, in conjunction with specific / preferred embodiments, provides a further detailed explanation of the present invention and should not be construed as limiting the specific implementation of the present invention to these descriptions. For those skilled in the art, various substitutions or modifications can be made to these described embodiments without departing from the concept of the present invention, and all such substitutions or modifications should be considered within the protection scope of the present invention. In the description of this specification, the reference to terms such as "an embodiment," "some embodiments," "preferred embodiment," "example," "specific example," or "some examples," etc., indicates that the specific feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with that embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the present invention. In this specification, the illustrative expressions of the above terms do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Furthermore, the described specific features, structures, materials, or characteristics can be combined in a suitable manner in any one or more embodiments or examples. Without contradiction, those skilled in the art can combine and integrate the different embodiments or examples described in this specification and the features of different embodiments or examples. Although embodiments of the present invention and their advantages have been described in detail, it should be understood that various changes, substitutions and alterations may be made herein without departing from the scope of protection of the patent application.

Claims

1. An optical fiber connector, characterized by: The utility model provides a fiber connector, a shell, a tail sleeve, the shell is sleeved on the fiber connector, the front end of fiber connector is used for connecting adapter, the rear end of fiber connector is provided with protruding part, and the protruding part is used for blocking shell to separate from fiber connector, the rear end outer surface of shell is provided with buckle, and the front end of shell is provided with sliding slot with buckle, the tail sleeve includes sliding part, connecting beam, push and pull part and is fixedly connected in sequence, and the sliding part is wrapped in the sliding slot, the middle of buckle is provided with the opening matched with connecting beam, the inner wall of push and pull part is provided with step, and the step is used to prop up protruding part to push fiber connector to connect in adapter.

2. The fiber optic connector of claim 1, wherein: The front end of fiber connector is provided with first key, the rear end of fiber connector is provided with second key, the inner wall of shell is provided with first key slot matched with first key and second key slot matched with second key, the interval of first key slot and second key slot is less than the interval of first key and second key, and the distance from the front end to the rear end of shell is less than the distance from the front end to the rear end of fiber connector.

3. The fiber optic connector of claim 1, characterized by: The shape of buckle is wedge.

4. The fiber optic connector of claim 3, wherein: The front end of buckle is provided with first wedge-shaped recess, and the rear end of sliding part is provided with first wedge-shaped boss matched with first wedge-shaped recess.

5. A fiber optic connector according to claim 4, wherein: The side of buckle is provided with second wedge-shaped recess, and the side of connecting beam is provided with second wedge-shaped boss matched with second wedge-shaped recess.

6. The fiber optic connector of claim 1, wherein: The back of buckle is provided with guide slope.

7. The fiber optic connector of claim 1, wherein: The tail sleeve adopts flexible material.

8. The fiber optic connector of claim 7, wherein: The push and pull part is provided with hollow groove.

9. The fiber optic connector of claim 8, wherein: The rear end of push and pull part is provided with handle.

10. The fiber optic connector of claim 9, wherein: The shape of handle is wine cup type.

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