Components of a combinable fiber optic adapter

Abstract

A modular fiber optic adapter assembly includes one or more main units, one or more partition units corresponding to the main units, and one or more assembly units corresponding to the main units. Each main unit includes a base, a housing located above the base along a height direction, and a connecting plate extending along the height direction connecting the base and the housing. When multiple main units are used, the housing of each main unit is integrally connected to the base of another main unit. The assembly itself is a multi-layered structure, with each layer providing two slots on the same side, and can be combined with other components through the assembly units, thus allowing for more flexible configuration of fiber optic adapters with the required number of slots.

Claims

1. An assembly of a combinable fiber optic adapter, comprising: a plurality of main units interconnected along a height direction, each main unit including a base, a housing located above the base along the height direction, and a connecting plate extending along the height direction and connecting the base and the housing, the housing of the main unit being integrally connected to the base of another adjacent main unit, the base and the housing cooperating to define a mounting space extending along a front-rear direction perpendicular to the height direction, the connecting plate dividing the corresponding mounting space into two mounting regions spaced apart along the front-rear direction, the connecting plate having two through-holes communicating with the mounting regions along the front-rear direction, the through-holes being spaced apart from each other laterally along a direction perpendicular to the height direction and the front-rear direction; A plurality of partition units are respectively disposed on the main body units. Each partition unit includes a partition block that protrudes upward from the base along the height direction and is located laterally between the openings, and a partition plate that protrudes from the housing towards the partition block and is located laterally between the openings. The partition block and the partition plate extend through the connecting plate along the front-rear direction and are located within the installation area, defining two slots that extend along the front-rear direction and communicate with one of the openings in each installation area; and a plurality of connecting units are respectively disposed on the main body units.

2. The components of the combinable fiber optic adapter as described in claim 1, wherein, Each assembly unit includes two assemblies respectively disposed on the base and the housing of the corresponding main body unit, and two connectors respectively disposed on the base and the housing. The assemblies and connectors are disposed in pairs, and each assembly and the corresponding connector are disposed on opposite sides of the housing or the base along the lateral direction.

3. The components of the combinable fiber optic adapter as described in claim 2, wherein, The components of each connecting unit are located on opposite sides of the base and the housing along the lateral direction. The components are tenons, and the connecting parts are engaging grooves corresponding to the components.

4. The components of the combinable fiber optic adapter as described in claim 3, wherein, Each assembly unit also includes two positioning tenons that are respectively protruding from the base and the shell, and two positioning grooves that are respectively opened on the base and the shell and are correspondingly provided in pairs with the positioning tenons. Each positioning tenon and the corresponding positioning groove are located on opposite sides of the base or the shell in the lateral direction.

5. The components of the combinable fiber optic adapter as described in claim 4, wherein, The positioning tenon and positioning groove on each base are located in front of the assembly and the connecting member on the same base along the front-back direction, and the positioning tenon and positioning groove on each shell are located behind the assembly and the connecting member on the same shell along the front-back direction.

6. The components of the combinable fiber optic adapter as described in claim 1, wherein, Each connecting unit includes four locking slots that are formed in pairs on the housing and are connected to the slots respectively. The two locking slots in the same group are located on opposite sides of the partition plate along the lateral direction, and the locking slots in different groups are located on opposite sides of the connecting plate along the front-back direction. Each locking slot extends upward from the bottom surface of the housing along the height direction.

7. The components of the combinable fiber optic adapter as described in claim 1, wherein, Each partition unit also includes two limiting blocks located on opposite sides of the partition block along the lateral direction and protruding from the base, and a limiting plate extending from the housing along the height direction toward the base and located on one side of the partition plate along the lateral direction. The limiting blocks and the limiting plate extend through the connecting plate of the corresponding main body unit along the front-back direction.

8. A component of the combinable fiber optic adapter as described in claim 1, wherein, Each partition unit also includes two auxiliary members that protrude from the housing towards the base along the height direction and pass through the connecting plate along the front-rear direction. The auxiliary members are located on opposite sides of the partition plate along the lateral direction, and each auxiliary member defines two grooves that respectively connect to the slots and are located above the openings.

9. An assembly of a combinable fiber optic adapter, comprising: a main body unit interconnected along a height direction, the main body unit including a base, a housing located above the base along the height direction, and a connecting plate extending along the height direction and connecting the base and the housing, the base and the housing cooperating to define a mounting space extending along a front-rear direction perpendicular to the height direction, the connecting plate dividing the corresponding mounting space into two mounting regions spaced apart along the front-rear direction, the connecting plate having two through-holes communicating with the mounting regions along the front-rear direction, the through-holes being spaced apart from each other laterally along a direction perpendicular to the height direction and the front-rear direction; A partition unit, disposed on the main body unit, includes a partition block extending upward from the base along the height direction and located laterally between the openings, and a partition plate extending from the housing towards the partition block and located laterally between the openings. The partition block and the partition plate extend through the connecting plate along the front-rear direction and are located within the installation area, defining two slots extending along the front-rear direction and communicating with one of the openings in each installation area; and a connecting unit, disposed on the main body unit.

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