Optical module connector protection device
By designing the positioning structure and sealing components, the problem of low installation and removal efficiency of optical module connectors is solved, enabling rapid installation and removal, and providing dustproof and waterproof functions.
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Utility models(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2024-12-27
- Publication Date
- 2026-03-20
AI Technical Summary
The existing protective structure of optical module connectors requires rotating multiple screws during installation and removal, resulting in low installation and removal efficiency.
The device employs a positioning structure, where pressing a push rod moves the pressure plate. Combined with the positioning of springs and locking blocks, it enables quick installation and removal of the protective shell, replacing the traditional bolt and pressure plate fixing method. Furthermore, a sealing component ensures dust and water resistance.
It improves the efficiency of assembling and disassembling optical module connectors, while providing dustproof and waterproof protection.
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Abstract
Description
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0001] The utility model relates to optical communication equipment technical field especially relates to a kind of optical module connector protection device. BACKGROUND
[0002] Optical module is composed of optoelectronic device, functional circuit and optical interface etc., and optoelectronic device includes two parts of emission and reception, simply speaking, the role of optical module is that sending end converts electrical signal into optical signal, and after transmission through optical fiber, receiving end converts optical signal into electrical signal again, and optical module connector is an important component of optical module, and it is an interface component for connecting optical module with external optical fiber or other optical communication equipment, in order to reduce the probability of wire breakage at the end of connector, therefore, protective structure is arranged outside tube module connector.
[0003] Since the protective structure is mostly driven by screw rod to extrude the pressing plate and the connector, to realize the fixed installation of both, when installing or dismounting the protective structure, multiple screw rods need to be rotated to make the pressing plate and the surface of the connector separate or contact, thereby reducing the dismounting efficiency, in view of the above reasons, the present application proposes an optical module connector protection device. SUMMARY
[0004] The utility model aims at the problems existing in the background art, and proposes an optical module connector protection device.
[0005] The technical scheme of the utility model relates to an optical module connector protection device, which comprises a connector body and a protective shell, one side of the protective shell is provided with a cover plate for sealing, and the front and back surfaces of the protective shell are both fixedly provided with positioning structures for fixing the connector body.
[0006] The positioning structure comprises a positioning box and a push rod movably arranged in the positioning box, the positioning box is provided with a clamping block and a lock frame for locking, one end of the push rod is fixedly provided with a pressing plate for extruding the connector body, and the inside of the positioning box is movably provided with a jacking rod for pushing the lock frame.
[0007] Optionally, one end of the connector body is provided with an optical fiber line, one side of the cover plate is fixedly provided with a support block for clamping and fixing the optical fiber line, the inner walls of the front and back surfaces of the protective shell are both provided with sliding holes, one end of the protective shell is provided with two groups of insertion slots, the inner walls of one side of each insertion slot are both provided with pin holes, the pin holes are movably provided with pin rods, each insertion slot is movably provided with an insertion block, one side of each insertion block is fixedly provided with a connecting rod, and one end of each connecting rod of each group is fixedly connected with one side of the cover plate.
[0008] Optionally, the push rod and the sliding hole are movably connected, the clamping block and the push rod are fixedly connected, the front inner wall of the positioning box is fixedly provided with a mounting seat, one side of the mounting seat is provided with a groove, the groove is fixedly provided with a positioning shaft, the lock frame and the positioning shaft are movably connected, the front inner wall of the positioning box is fixedly provided with a spring three, the other end of the spring three is attached to the lock frame, and one side of the pressing plate is fixedly provided with a rubber pad.
[0009] Optionally, the lock frame comprises a lock rod and a lock hook, the lock rod and the lock hook are fixedly connected, and the lock hook and the clamping block are provided with parallel inclined surfaces on the sides close to each other.
[0010] Optionally, the top rod is fixedly provided with a connecting handle at the end away from the lock frame, a spring one is sleeved on the top rod, one end of the spring one is attached to the positioning box, and the other end of the spring one is attached to the connecting handle.
[0011] Optionally, the two support blocks are provided with semicircular holes on the sides close to each other, and the semicircular holes form a circular hole matched with the optical fiber line.
[0012] Optionally, the inner wall of the sliding hole is provided with a limiting groove, and the outer portion of the push rod is fixedly provided with a limiting strip, and the limiting strip and the limiting groove are movably connected.
[0013] Optionally, the protective shell is provided with a mounting groove at the end away from the cover plate, the mounting groove is provided with a sealing assembly, the sealing assembly comprises four springs two fixedly connected with the inner wall of the mounting groove, a plurality of the other ends of the springs two are fixedly provided with a same sealing plug, and the center of the sealing plug is provided with a through hole matched with the optical fiber interface.
[0014] Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the following beneficial technical effects:
[0015] 1. The utility model discloses a positioning structure is set up, and the push rod is pressed to make the pressing plate move, and the rubber pad on one side of the pressing plate is attached to the side of the connector body, and the cooperation of the spring three and the clamping block can realize the positioning of the push rod, realize the installation of the shell, and the lock frame and the clamping block are separated by extruding the top rod, and the rubber pad and the side of the connector are separated by pulling the push rod, which realizes the disassembly of the shell, replaces the installation mode of the cooperation of the bolt and the pressing plate, can reduce the disassembly difficulty of the installation shell, and improves the disassembly efficiency.
[0016] 2. The utility model discloses a sealing assembly is set up, when the one end of the connector is inserted into the interface of equipment, a plurality of springs two can exert a thrust force on the sealing plug, so that the sealing plug is always attached to the outside of the interface, and the dustproof and waterproof purposes can be achieved. DRAWINGS
[0017] Figure 1 Give the first perspective three-dimensional structure schematic diagram of the utility model;
[0018] Figure 2 A second perspective view of the present application is shown in the figure;
[0019] Figure 3 A bottom view of the present application is shown in the figure;
[0020] Figure 4 A perspective view of the protective shell in the present application is shown in the figure;
[0021] Figure 5 An exploded view of the protective shell and the cover plate in the present application is shown in the figure;
[0022] Figure 6 A bottom view of the positioning structure in the present application is shown in the figure;
[0023] Figure 7 An exploded view of the sealing assembly in the present application is shown in the figure.
[0024] Reference signs:
[0025] 1, connector body;
[0026] 2, optical fiber line;
[0027] 3, protective shell;
[0028] 4, sliding hole;
[0029] 5, insertion slot;
[0030] 6, pin hole;
[0031] 7, pin rod;
[0032] 8, insertion block;
[0033] 9, connecting rod;
[0034] 10, cover plate;
[0035] 11, support block;
[0036] 12, positioning structure; 121, positioning box; 122, push rod; 123, clamping block; 124, mounting seat; 125, lock frame; 126, top rod; 127, pressing plate; 128, rubber pad;
[0037] 13, mounting groove;
[0038] 14, sealing assembly; 141, spring two; 142, sealing plug; 143, through hole. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0039] The technical solutions of the present disclosure will be described clearly and completely in the following with reference to the drawings. Obviously, the described embodiments are part of the embodiments of the present disclosure, rather than all the embodiments.
[0040] The components of the embodiments of the present disclosure generally described and shown in the drawings herein can be arranged and designed in various different configurations. Therefore, the following detailed description of the embodiments of the present disclosure provided in the drawings is not intended to limit the scope of the claimed present disclosure, but merely represents selected embodiments of the present disclosure.
[0041] Based on the embodiments in the present disclosure, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without making creative efforts belong to the scope of protection of the present disclosure.
[0042] In the description of the present disclosure, it should be noted that the terms "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "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 for the convenience of describing the present disclosure and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore cannot be understood as a limitation on the present disclosure.
[0043] In the description of the present disclosure, it should be noted that unless otherwise explicitly specified and limited, the terms "mounting", "connection", "connection" should be understood broadly, for example, it can be fixedly connected, or it can be detachably connected, or integrally connected; it can be mechanically connected, or it can be electrically connected; it can be directly connected, or it can be indirectly connected through an intermediate medium; it can be the communication inside two elements. For those of ordinary skill in the art, the specific meaning of the above terms in the present disclosure can be understood according to the specific circumstances.
[0044] Embodiment 1
[0045] As Figures 1-6 shown, the utility model discloses a kind of optical module connector protection device, including connector body 1 and protection shell 3, it is characterized by: one end of connector body 1 is equipped with optical fiber line 2, protection shell 3's front inner wall and back inner wall are equipped with slide hole 4, one end of protection shell 3 is equipped with two groups of insertion slot 5, the inner wall of one side of each insertion slot 5 is equipped with pin hole 6, pin hole 6 is movably equipped with pin 7, each insertion slot 5 is movably equipped with insertion block 8, the one side of each insertion block 8 is fixedly equipped with connecting rod 9, the one end of each group of connecting rod 9 is fixedly equipped with same cover plate 10, cover plate 10 is fixedly equipped with support block 11 on the side close to connector body 1, the side close to of two support blocks 11 is equipped with semicircular hole, the circular hole formed by two semicircular holes and optical fiber line 2 are adapted to each other;
[0046] The front and back of the protective shell 3 are fixedly provided with positioning structures 12, the positioning structure 12 comprises a positioning box 121 fixedly connected with the protective shell 3, a push rod 122 movably arranged in the positioning box 121, the push rod 122 and the sliding hole 4 are movably connected, the inner wall of the sliding hole 4 is provided with a limiting groove, the outer part of the push rod 122 is fixedly provided with a limiting strip, the limiting strip and the limiting groove are movably connected, the push rod 122 is fixedly provided with a clamping block 123, one end of the push rod 122 is fixedly provided with a pressing plate 127, one side of the pressing plate 127 is fixedly provided with a rubber pad 128, a lock holder 125 movably arranged in the positioning box 121, the lock holder 125 comprises a lock rod and a lock hook, the lock rod and the lock hook are fixedly connected, the side of the lock hook and the clamping block 123 close to each other is provided with a parallel inclined surface, the front inner wall of the positioning box 121 is fixedly provided with a mounting seat 124, one side of the mounting seat 124 is provided with a groove, the groove is fixedly provided with a positioning shaft, the lock holder 125 and the positioning shaft are movably connected, the front inner wall of the positioning box 121 is movably provided with a top rod 126, one end of the top rod 126 away from the lock holder 125 is fixedly provided with a connecting handle, the front inner wall of the positioning box 121 is fixedly provided with a spring three, the other end of the spring three is attached to the lock holder 125, the top rod 126 is sleeved with a spring one, one end of the spring one is attached to the positioning box 121, the other end of the spring one is attached to the connecting handle.
[0047] When the protective shell 3 is installed on the connector body 1 in the embodiment, first, the protective shell 3 is placed outside the connector body 1, then the two groups of plug blocks 8 are inserted into the corresponding plug slots 5, the support blocks 11 on one side of the two cover plates 10 are located outside the optical fiber line 2, the protection of the connection part of the optical fiber line 2 and the connector body 1 is realized, then the pin rod 7 is inserted into the pin hole 6, the installation of the two cover plates 10 is realized, then the two push rods 122 are pushed in the direction of approaching, the two push rods 122 drive the two pressing plates 127 and the two clamping blocks 123 to move, one side of the clamping block 123 is attached to the lock holder 125, when the inclined surface on one side of the clamping block 123 and the inclined surface on one side of the lock holder 125 are separated, the spring three pushes the lock holder 125 to reset and clamps on the clamping block 123 to realize the positioning of the push rod 122, at this time, the rubber pad 128 on one side of the pressing plate 127 is tightly attached to one side of the connector body 1, that is, the installation of the protective shell 3 is realized, when disassembly is needed, first, the pin rod 7 is pulled out and the two cover plates 10 are taken down, then the two top rods 126 are squeezed inward, the two top rods 126 squeeze the lock holder 125 to separate it from the clamping block 123, then the push rod 122 is pulled outward, the push rod 122 drives the pressing plate 127, when the rubber pad 128 is separated from the connector body 1, the protective shell 3 can be disassembled from the connector body 1.
[0048] Embodiment 2
[0049] As Figures 1-7As shown, based on the basis of example 1, the end of the protective shell 3 away from the cover plate 10 is provided with a mounting groove 13, the mounting groove 13 is provided with a sealing assembly 14, the sealing assembly 14 includes four spring two 141 fixedly connected with the inner wall of the mounting groove 13, the other end of the plurality of spring two 141 is fixedly provided with a same sealing plug 142, the center of the sealing plug 142 is provided with a through hole 143 matched with the optical fiber interface, after the installation of the protective shell 3, one end of the connector is inserted into the interface of the equipment, the plurality of spring two 141 can exert a pushing force on the sealing plug 142, realizing the self-adaptive function, so that the sealing plug 142 is always attached to the outside of the interface, which can achieve the purpose of dustproof and waterproof.
[0050] The above specific embodiments are only several optional embodiments of the utility model, based on the technical scheme of the utility model and the related enlightenment of the above embodiments, the person skilled in the art can make various alternative improvements and combinations to the above specific embodiments.
Claims
1. A protective device for an optical module connector, comprising a connector body (1) and a protective shell (3), characterized in that: The protective shell (3) has a cover plate (10) for sealing on one side, and the protective shell (3) has a positioning structure (12) for fixing the connector body (1) on both the front and back sides. The positioning structure (12) includes a positioning box (121) and a push rod (122) movably disposed inside it. The positioning box (121) is provided with a locking block (123) and a locking frame (125) for locking. One end of the push rod (122) is fixedly provided with a pressure plate (127) for pressing the connector body (1). The positioning box (121) is movably provided with a push rod (126) for pushing the locking frame (125).
2. The optical module connector protection device according to claim 1, characterized in that, One end of the connector body (1) is provided with an optical fiber (2). A support block (11) for clamping and fixing the optical fiber (2) is fixed on one side of the cover plate (10). Sliding holes (4) are provided on the inner wall of the front and the inner wall of the back of the protective shell (3). Two sets of slots (5) are provided at one end of the protective shell (3). A pin hole (6) is provided on one side of the inner wall of each slot (5). A pin rod (7) is movably provided in the pin hole (6). An insert block (8) is movably provided in each slot (5). A connecting rod (9) is fixed on one side of each insert block (8). One end of each set of connecting rods (9) is fixedly connected to one side of the cover plate (10).
3. The optical module connector protection device according to claim 1, characterized in that, The push rod (122) and the sliding hole (4) are movably connected. The locking block (123) and the push rod (122) are externally fixedly connected. The mounting base (124) is fixedly provided on the inner wall of the front of the positioning box (121). A groove is provided on one side of the mounting base (124). A positioning shaft is fixedly provided in the groove. The locking frame (125) and the positioning shaft are movably connected. A spring three is fixedly provided on the inner wall of the front of the positioning box (121). The other end of the spring three is in contact with the locking frame (125). A rubber pad (128) is fixedly provided on one side of the pressure plate (127).
4. The optical module connector protection device according to claim 1, characterized in that, The lock frame (125) includes a lock rod and a lock hook, which are fixedly connected. The lock hook and the locking block (123) are provided with parallel inclined surfaces on their adjacent sides.
5. The optical module connector protection device according to claim 1, characterized in that, The top rod (126) is fixedly provided with a connecting handle at one end away from the lock frame (125). A spring is sleeved on the top rod (126). One end of the spring is in contact with the positioning box (121), and the other end of the spring is in contact with the connecting handle.
6. The optical module connector protection device according to claim 2, characterized in that, The two support blocks (11) are provided with semi-circular holes on their adjacent sides, and the circular hole formed by the two semi-circular holes is compatible with the optical fiber (2).
7. The optical module connector protection device according to claim 3, characterized in that, The inner wall of the sliding hole (4) is provided with a limiting groove, and the outside of the push rod (122) is fixedly provided with a limiting strip, and the limiting strip and the limiting groove are movably connected.
8. The optical module connector protection device according to claim 1, characterized in that, The protective shell (3) has an installation groove (13) at one end away from the cover plate (10). The installation groove (13) is provided with a sealing assembly (14). The sealing assembly (14) includes four springs (141) fixedly connected to the inner wall of the installation groove (13). The other end of the multiple springs (141) is fixedly provided with the same sealing plug (142). The center of the sealing plug (142) is provided with a through hole (143) adapted to the optical fiber interface.