Optical Fiber Connector Assembly Floating Sliding Seat Design
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing optical fiber connector assemblies lack structural stability due to unsupported connecting sections, leading to easy breakage and poor contact during mating, which affects signal transmission.
Innovation Solution
Incorporating a sliding seat with intercommunicating grooves on a fixing seat, allowing the optical fiber connector to float and adjust, with elastic members and guide mechanisms to ensure proper alignment and prevent backward movement, thus enhancing stability and contact quality.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If the optical fiber connector is fixedly provided on the fixing seat, then the connector is stable, but the connector may easily collide during mating and the joint between connecting section and mating section is easily broken
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a sliding seat that can move relative to the fixing seat along the front-rear direction, transforming the fixed connection into a dynamic adjustable connection. The sliding seat includes a first accommodating groove for the mating section and a second accommodating groove for the connecting section, allowing the connector to float and adjust its position during mating, thus avoiding collision while maintaining structural stability.
2Ease of operation
If the connecting section is not supported or limited by the fixing seat, then the connector can float and adjust, but the joint between connecting section and mating section is easily broken
Solution Approach 1:
The sliding seat is divided into two separate accommodating grooves: a first accommodating groove for the mating section and a second accommodating groove for the connecting section. This segmentation allows each section to be independently supported and positioned, enabling the connector to float and adjust while maintaining the strength of the joint between sections through the step surface that connects the two grooves.
3Stability of the object's composition
If the optical fiber connector is fixedly provided on the fixing seat, then the connector is stable, but bad contact occurs during mating affecting signal transmission
Solution Approach 1:
The sliding seat enables the optical fiber connector to float and adjust its position along the front-rear direction, left-right direction, and vertical direction relative to the fixing seat. This dynamic adjustment capability ensures that the connector can automatically align with the mating connector, achieving good contact and reliable signal transmission while maintaining stability during the mating process.
Data Source
AI summary
An optical fiber connector assembly and a connecting system are disclosed. The optical fiber connector assembly includes a first accommodating groove and a second accommodating groove concavely provided in sequence backward from a front end surface of the sliding seat and intercommunicated with each other. A width of the second accommodating groove is less than a width of the first accommodating groove. A step surface is provided between the first accommodating groove and the second accommodating groove. An optical fiber connector is mounted on the sliding seat and floatable with respect to the fixing seat along a front-rear direction, a left-right direction and a vertical direction. A mating section of the optical fiber connector is located in the first accommodating groove. A connecting section is partially accommodated in the second accommodating groove. The step surface is located behind the mating section to stop the mating section from moving backward.