Optical Connector Plug With Slider Cam Mechanism for High-Density Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
High-density optical connector plugs face operability issues due to compact size, making it difficult to detach without tools, especially when engaging or disengaging with adapters.
Innovation Solution
A multiple type optical connector plug design featuring canceling levers with locking and canceling pieces, a slider with cam portions, and a holder with a sliding elongate hole, allowing for easy operation of canceling levers without tools by moving the slider in the front and rear direction, and utilizing elastic force for engagement and disengagement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If the optical connector plug is made compact for high density mounting, then the mounting density is improved, but the ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
A slider is introduced as an intermediary component that mediates between the operator and the canceling levers. The slider has pressing portions that engage with the canceling levers, allowing the operator to detach the connector by sliding the slider rather than directly manipulating the small canceling levers. This intermediary mechanism amplifies the operator's input force and makes the detachment operation feasible even in compact high-density configurations.
2Reliability
If the latch canceling member is provided independently for indirect pushing, then the reliability of engagement cancellation is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The slider integrates multiple functions into a single component: it serves as both the operating interface for the user and the mechanism for actuating the canceling levers. The slider combines the functions of force transmission, motion regulation (through guides), and lever actuation, thereby reducing the number of separate components needed while maintaining reliable engagement cancellation.
3Volume of moving object
If the canceling lever is made small for compact design, then the volume is reduced, but the ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The operation interface is shifted from the lateral dimension (directly pressing small canceling levers) to the axial dimension (sliding the slider along the connector axis). This dimensional change allows the operator to apply force in a direction that is more accessible and requires less precision, thereby improving ease of operation while maintaining the compact lateral dimensions of the connector plug.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enhances operability by enabling easy attachment and detachment of optical connector plugs from adapters in high-density mounting scenarios without requiring special tools, improving the ease and security of operations.
Implementation Method 1
the plug main bodies and the canceling levers are returned to their original positions on the basis of elastic force of the canceling levers
Implementation Method 2
the canceling pieces of the canceling lever are pushed down by the cam portions of the slider
Data Source
AI summary
For easy operation under a high density mounting circumstance, a multiple type optical connector plug to be connected with an optical adapter formed via a partition wall provided in a plural branch structured module, is provided with canceling levers (11), each including locking pieces (12) for engaging with the adapter and locking pieces (11a) on a rear end portion, on one surface in a longitudinal direction of a plug main body (1) from a front side toward a rear side, and a slider (13) movably attached to regulation regions in an axial direction of the plug main bodies (1) via a holder portion which is divided into upper and lower portions (19a, 19b) for incorporating plug main bodies (1), and the slider (13) has cam portions (13a) which engage with the canceling pieces (11a) on each of the canceling levers (11) so as to be capable of pressing them.