Optical Fiber Shielding Wall for Wind Protection in Housing
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Solution Overview
Problem
In existing optical fiber arrangements, changing the route of optical fibers often results in improper tension, leading to property deterioration due to wind exposure and deformation, necessitating the replacement of entire wiring boards, which lowers working efficiency.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus with a housing that includes a port for optical fiber connection, a substrate with optical modules, a feed opening for wind introduction, and a supporting member with a shielding wall to block wind, allowing optical fibers to be freely arranged without wind influence.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If optical fibers are arranged exposed in the apparatus to enable easy rearrangement, then ease of operation is improved, but the optical fibers are affected by wind causing property deterioration
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a supporting member as an intermediary structure between the optical fibers and the wind flow. This supporting member includes a shielding wall that blocks wind from directly contacting the optical fibers, while still allowing the optical fibers to be arranged and rearranged along the supporting member's surface or grooves. The shielding wall acts as a mediator that protects the optical fibers from wind-induced damage while maintaining operational flexibility.
2Adaptability or versatility
If sheet substrate is used to hold optical fibers in arbitrary shape, then adaptability is improved, but entire sheet wiring board must be replaced when route change is needed, lowering productivity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the wiring structure by providing individual supporting positions or grooves on the supporting member for each optical fiber, rather than using a fixed sheet substrate that holds all fibers together. This segmentation allows individual optical fibers to be independently arranged, removed, or rearranged without affecting other fibers or requiring replacement of an entire wiring board, thereby improving productivity while maintaining adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The supporting member is designed with dynamic characteristics that allow optical fibers to be freely positioned and repositioned along its surface or within its grooves. The structure enables arbitrary shape arrangement of optical fibers while facilitating easy route changes through simple repositioning operations, eliminating the need for rigid fixed mounting or complete wiring board replacement.
3Temperature
If optical fibers are exposed to wind for heat radiation purposes, then heat dissipation is improved, but optical fibers are improperly deformed by wind pressure
Solution Approach 1:
The supporting member provides localized protection to optical fibers through shielding walls or enclosed grooves at specific positions where wind contact would cause deformation. This local quality approach allows selective shielding of optical fibers from wind while permitting controlled heat dissipation through the housing's overall ventilation design, thus preventing deformation without completely isolating the fibers from thermal management.
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AI summary
According to an aspect of the apparatus of the present invention, wind generated by a cooling fan blows in a housing, and a port is optically connected with an optical module via an optical fiber. Further, a shielding wall is provided to an optical fiber arranging member, which supports and guides the optical fiber, so as to prevent the optical fiber from being exposed to the wind.