Pivoting Optical Fiber Adapter Holders for Compact, Durable Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing optical fiber adapter mounting devices lack efficiency in supporting multiple adapter types, compact arrangement, and durability during insertion and removal of connectors, leading to suboptimal performance and size constraints.
Innovation Solution
The device incorporates a mounting plate with pivotally coupled adapter holders featuring a platform, dowel, and frame design that allows for independent pivoting and sliding engagement, enhancing strength and alignment, and accommodating various adapter types through notches and spring clips for secure and efficient insertion/removal.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Strength
If adapter holders are rigidly fixed to the mounting plate, then structural strength is maximized, but ease of operation for inserting and removing connectors is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The adapter holders are designed with pivotal coupling to the mounting plate, allowing them to rotate between a stored position and an operational position. This dynamic mechanism enables the holders to be rigid during operation for strength, yet movable during installation/removal for ease of operation, resolving the contradiction between structural strength and operational ease.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multiple adapter types are accommodated, then adaptability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The adapter holders are designed with universal features including notches, slots, and spring clips that can accommodate multiple adapter types (SC, LC, ST, FC) through a single standardized mounting mechanism. This multi-functionality allows one device to serve multiple purposes, improving adaptability without proportionally increasing complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting device is segmented into modular components including the mounting plate, pivotally coupled adapter holders, and interchangeable mounting mechanisms. This segmentation allows different adapter types to be mounted using the same modular components, enabling versatility while keeping individual components simple and manageable.
3Volume of moving object
If adapter holders are made compact, then the overall size of connection apparatuses is reduced, but strength during connector insertion and removal is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The adapter holders utilize vertical pivoting motion to achieve compact horizontal footprint while maintaining structural strength through vertical engagement with the mounting plate. The pivotal connection allows the holders to be compact in the horizontal plane yet strong through vertical load-bearing capability, resolving the contradiction between size and strength.
Data Source
AI summary
An optical fiber adapter mounting device includes a mounting plate and a plurality of adapter holders. The mounting plate includes a base, a first sidewall and a second sidewall, and a plurality of mounts defined by the base and disposed between the first sidewall and the second sidewall. Each of the plurality of adapter holders are pivotally coupled to the mounting plate at a corresponding mount and configured to support an optical fiber adapter. Each of the plurality of adapter holders include a platform having a first end pivotally coupled to the corresponding mount and a second end. The platform is pivotable between at least a first position, whereby the platform is disposed substantially parallel to the base, and a second position, whereby the second end is raised relative to the base. A frame is disposed at the second end and defines a chamber that receives the optical fiber adapter.