Stackable Optical Fiber Adapter Gap-Free Elastic Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional optical fiber adapters face instability due to gaps between elastic fasteners and panels, leading to swinging or shaking during connector insertion or impact, resulting in insufficient pulling resistance and structural instability in optical fiber connections.
Innovation Solution
The optical fiber adapter features a shell member combined with a base plate and side panels forming first, second, and third elastic parts, which are designed to clamp the panel's front and back sides without gaps, using obliquely extended elastic parts and stop parts to ensure secure mounting and resistance to shaking forces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional elastic fasteners are used to mount the shell member on the panel, then the installation process is simple, but gaps exist between the fasteners and panel causing instability during connector insertion
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting structure is divided into multiple elastic fasteners distributed at different locations on the shell member, with each fastener independently contacting the panel to eliminate gaps and provide stable support during connector insertion
Solution Approach 2:
The elastic fasteners are designed to extend in multiple directions (obliquely towards wing plates and vertically to clamp panel edges), transforming a simple single-dimension mounting into a multi-dimensional constraint system that eliminates gaps and prevents shaking
2Adaptability or versatility
If the shell member is mounted on panels of different thicknesses, then adaptability is improved, but gaps between fasteners and panel increase causing swinging or shaking
Solution Approach 1:
The elastic fasteners are designed with flexible materials and curved geometries that allow them to dynamically adjust their deformation degree according to panel thickness variations, maintaining optimal contact and eliminating gaps across different panel thicknesses
Solution Approach 2:
The fasteners' geometric parameters (curvature radius, extension length, thickness) are optimized to enable continuous adaptation to panel thickness changes while maintaining stable contact, allowing the same fastener design to work across a range of panel thicknesses
3Ease of operation
If elastic fasteners are used to secure the shell member, then ease of installation is improved, but pulling out resistance and fastening force are insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The elastic fasteners feature curved geometries that enable them to bend and deform elastically during installation, allowing easy insertion while maintaining strong retention force through the curvature's inherent elastic recovery properties
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting structure combines elastic materials with appropriate hardness and flexibility characteristics to achieve both easy installation through elastic deformation and high pulling out resistance through material strength
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
This design provides a secure and stable optical fiber adapter that prevents longitudinal swinging or transverse shaking, ensuring reliable plugging connections and applicability across various panel thicknesses, enhancing the structural stability and practicality of the adapter.
Implementation Method 1
the elastic fasteners B1 of the installing device B are elastically deformed first to cross the installing hole and then moved to back side of the panel
Implementation Method 2
the third elastic parts are abutted with the front side of the panel and elastically deformed, so that the front and back sides of the panel are clamped by the third elastic parts and the first elastic parts and no gap exists therebetween
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure provides a tightly mountable optical fiber adapter which has a plurality of mating parts formed at front and rear sides of a base of a shell member thereof, and the base is combined with a base plate and two opposite side panels , each side panel is extended to form a first elastic part, and ends of second elastic parts are respectively outwardly bent and extended to form stop parts whose inner sides are bent towards the first elastic part and extended to form third elastic parts. While shell member is transversely mounted into an installing hole, first elastic parts are abutted and deformed to cross installing hole to clasp back side, second elastic parts are located in installing hole, so that shell member cooperating with mounting spring clip can be tightly fastened in installing hole, whereby the entire structure can be more securer.