CN105492945B

CN105492945B - The optical fiber cable of Belt connector, connector and electric supply installation

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Publication number: CN105492945B
Application number: CN201480047906.7A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 宫林浩; 为国芳享; 大塚健郎; 大塚健一郎; 上田知彦; 丰冈弘康; 佐佐木大; 蔀龙彦; 渡边卓朗
Original assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd; SEI Optifrontier Co Ltd
Current assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd; SEI Optifrontier Co Ltd
Priority date: 2013-08-29
Filing date: 2014-08-21
Publication date: 2017-05-31
Anticipated expiration: 2034-08-21
Also published as: KR20160048088A; CN105492945A; KR102333259B1; WO2015029883A1; KR20210049979A

Abstract

A kind of optical fiber cable (1) of the Belt connector that can be readily recognized is provided.The connector (10) of the optical fiber cable (1) of Belt connector has：Lock pin (7), housing (20), luminous component (40) and it is installed on the rear end of housing (20) from rear side and covers at least one of protective cover (50) of luminous component (40).Housing (20) is with support (31); the support (31) is towards rearward openings; by protective cover (50) covering; plate-shaped member (42) is supported, electric wire (4) and luminous component (41) are turned on via plate-shaped member (42).

Description

The optical fiber cable of Belt connector, connector and electric supply installation

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of optical fiber cable of Belt connector, connector and electric supply installation.

Background technology

Patent Document 1 discloses a kind of subrack (subrack) housed to the card being made up of circuit substrate etc.. Framework of the subrack by tubular, the preceding surface in framework set preceding surface panel portion and in framework house light it is many Individual card is constituted.In the preceding surface panel portion of the subrack, optical fiber connecting portion is provided with, the optical fiber connecting portion connects with the connector of optical cable Connect.

Patent document 1：Japanese Utility Model registers No. 3079473 publications

Patent document 2：Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication 2012-243670 publications

The content of the invention

Due to being connected with many optical fiber cables (optical fiber cable etc.) in optical fiber connecting portion, so being difficult to from having carried out distribution very The optical fiber cable that determination should be selected in multi fiber line.

Therefore, the present inventors have discussed and have set light-emitting component in the connector being connected with optical fiber cable.In this feelings Under condition, operator needs to make the terminal of tester with the electrode conduction of light-emitting component.But, tester alignment is located at optical fiber cable A side subrack preceding surface panel portion operator, it is difficult to confirm the opposing party positioned at optical fiber cable connector it is luminous. In addition, in the preceding surface panel portion for being densely configured with the subrack of connector, enough working spaces are just difficult to ensure that originally, because And be difficult to make the electrode conduction of light-emitting component with tester.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a kind of optical fiber cable, the connector of the Belt connector that can be easily identified And electric supply installation.

To achieve these goals, the optical fiber cable of Belt connector of the invention possesses：

Optical fiber cable, it possesses the optical fiber and at least 2 electric wires that light connects are carried out in front ends and optical element；And

Connector, its front ends for being arranged on the optical fiber cable,

The connector has：

Lock pin, its front ends to the optical fiber keep；

Housing, it keeps to the lock pin；

Luminous component, it possesses light-emitting component and the plate-shaped member with the mounting surface for carrying the light-emitting component；And

Protective cover, its rear end that the housing is arranged on from rear side covers at least of the luminous component Point,

The housing has support, and the support is covered towards rearward openings by the protective cover, to the plate-like portion Part is supported,

The electric wire and the luminous component are turned on via the plate-shaped member.

To achieve these goals, connector of the invention is arranged on the front ends of optical fiber cable, and the optical fiber cable possesses The optical fiber and at least 2 electric wires of light connects are carried out in front ends and optical element,

The connector has：

Lock pin, its front ends to optical fiber keep；

Housing, it keeps to the lock pin；

The housing has support, and the support is supported towards rearward openings to the plate-shaped member,

It is provided with from the path for carrying and running through towards the face with the mounting surface opposition side in the plate-shaped member.

Optical fiber cable, it possesses the optical fiber and at least 2 electric wires that light connects are carried out in front ends and external equipment；And

Connector, its front ends for being arranged on the optical fiber cable,

The connector has：

Lock pin, its front ends to optical fiber keep；

Housing, it keeps to the lock pin；

Protective cover, its rear end that the housing is arranged on from rear side covers the luminous component,

There is the embedded electrode turned on the light-emitting component in protective cover embedment,

At least a portion of the embedded electrode is exposed from the protective cover to outside,

In the rear side of the plate-shaped member, it is provided with from the mounting surface to continuous with the face of the mounting surface opposition side Path,

The electric wire is inserted respectively into the path, the electric wire, the light-emitting component and the embedded electrode electricity Connection.

In addition, connector of the invention be arranged on optical fiber cable front ends, the optical fiber cable possess front ends with it is outer Portion's equipment carries out the optical fiber and at least 2 electric wires of light connects,

The connector has：

Lock pin, its front ends to optical fiber keep；

Housing, it keeps to the lock pin；

In the rear side of the plate-shaped member, it is provided with from the mounting surface to continuous with the face of the mounting surface opposition side Path.

To achieve these goals, electric supply installation of the invention is combined with optical fiber cable connector and supplied to light-emitting component Electric power, the optical fiber cable connector possess the light-emitting component and with the light-emitting component turn on and with optical fiber cable The multiple electrodes exposed on the direction for axially intersecting, the electric supply installation possesses：Housing, it possesses connector fitting portion, the light The rear portion of the connector that fine line extends can be chimeric with the connector fitting portion, and the connector fitting portion has along described The opening portion of the axially open of optical fiber cable；And multiple spring-like terminals, they protruded to the connector fitting portion and can It is respectively turned on the multiple electrode, it is multiple in the state of the rear portion of the connector is embedded in the connector fitting portion The spring-like terminal can be with electrode conduction each described.

The effect of invention

According to the present invention, there is provided a kind of band connection that the optical fiber cable that should be selected can be readily recognized from many optical fiber cables The electric supply installation of the optical fiber cable of the optical fiber cable, connector and Belt connector of device.

Brief description of the drawings

Fig. 1 is the side view of the light cable for representing the Belt connector involved by first embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 2 is the sectional view of light cable.

Fig. 3 is the exploded view of connector.

Fig. 4 is the sectional view of connector.

Fig. 5 is the oblique view of luminous component.

Fig. 6 is the oblique view for representing back casing.

Fig. 7 is the sectional view of back casing.

Fig. 8 is to represent the oblique view that the situation of luminous component is equipped with back casing.

Fig. 9 is the sectional view of Fig. 8.

Figure 10 is the oblique view for representing the device that connector is attached.

Figure 11 is the schematic diagram of the assemble method of the light cable for representing Belt connector.

Figure 12 is the one of the luminous component of the light cable of the Belt connector involved by the variation for representing first embodiment Partial oblique view.

Figure 13 is the section view of a part for the light cable of the Belt connector involved by the variation for representing first embodiment Figure.

Figure 14 is the oblique view of the luminous component involved by the variation of first embodiment.

Figure 15 is the sectional view of the connector involved by second embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 16 is the oblique view for representing back casing and luminous component.

Figure 17 is the oblique view for representing back casing and protective cover.

Figure 18 is to omit the resin portion of protective cover and show the oblique view of back casing, luminous component and embedded electrode.

Figure 19 is the sectional view at the position comprising back casing, luminous component and protective cover.

Figure 20 is the figure corresponding with Figure 17 of the optical fiber cable of the Belt connector involved by the variation of second embodiment.

Figure 21 is the sectional view of the connector involved by the 3rd implementation method.

Figure 22 is the oblique view of luminous component.

Figure 23 is the oblique view of the rearward end of connector.

Figure 24 is the oblique view for representing the electric supply installation combined with connector.

Figure 25 is the oblique view of housing.

Figure 26 is the figure for representing spring-like terminal.

Figure 27 is the side view of fixture.

Figure 28 is the top view of fixture.

Figure 29 is the sectional view of the housing that gate portion is located at the second place.

Figure 30 is the sectional view of the housing that gate portion is located at first position.

Figure 31 is the figure corresponding with Figure 29 of the electric supply installation involved by the variation of the 3rd implementation method.

Figure 32 is the exploded perspective view of the electric supply installation involved by the 4th implementation method.

Figure 33 is the sectional view of the electric supply installation shown in Figure 32.

Figure 34 is to show for fixture to be inserted into housing, and the power supply dress of state that connector is not combined with electric supply installation The oblique view put.

Figure 35 is to show that electrode is the electric supply installation of conducting state and the sectional view of connector with spring-like terminal.

Figure 36 is the section view oblique view for representing electric supply installation and connector involved by the 5th implementation method of the invention.

Figure 37 is the side view of the light cable and optical connector for being denoted as the 6th implementation method of the invention.

Figure 38 is the exploded view of the optical connector of Figure 37.

Figure 39 is the sectional view of the optical connector of Figure 37.

Figure 40 is the oblique view of the terminal unit of the optical connector for representing pie graph 37.

Figure 41 is the front view of the terminal unit for representing Figure 40.

Figure 42 is the sectional view of the light cable for representing Figure 37.

Figure 43 is to represent that light cable is fixed on the sectional view of the state of optical connector.

Figure 44 is to represent that light cable is fixed on the front view of the state of optical connector.

Figure 45 is the schematic diagram for representing the fixing means that light cable is fixed to optical connector.

Figure 46 is the schematic diagram for representing the fixing means that light cable is fixed to optical connector.

Figure 47 is the front view for representing the panel that optical connector is attached.

Figure 48 is the connector insert port of the panel for representing Figure 47 and the figure of light-emitting component.

Figure 49 is the side view of the state for representing the panel that optical connector is connected to Figure 47.

Figure 50 is the fixation side that light cable is fixed to optical connector involved by the variation for representing the 6th implementation method The schematic diagram of method.

Figure 51 is the sectional view of the light cable involved by the variation for representing the 6th implementation method.It is schematic diagram.

Figure 52 is the sectional view of the light cable involved by other variations for representing the 6th implementation method.

Specific embodiment

[explanations of embodiments of the present invention]

First, list the content of embodiments of the present invention and illustrate.

The optical fiber cable of the Belt connector involved by embodiments of the present invention,

(1) possess：

Connector, its front ends for being arranged on the optical fiber cable,

The connector has：

Lock pin, its front ends to the optical fiber keep；

Housing, it keeps to the lock pin；

According to the structure of (1), lighted by making light-emitting component, specific optical fiber cable can be readily recognized.

(2) support can also be from the opening recess that side extends forwards.

According to the structure of (2), can be by the recess that extends along the longitudinal direction, accommodating plate-shaped part securely.

(3) can also be that the housing has joint portion, the joint portion is rearward protruded, and is combined with the protective cover,

The joint portion is provided with the recess.

According to the structure of (3), protective cover can securely be supported by the combination rearward protruded.

(4) can also be that the protective cover makes the light diffusion projected from the light-emitting component and to exterior guiding.

According to the structure of (4), protective cover makes the light diffusion projected from light-emitting component and to exterior guiding, it is thus possible to make guarantor Shield is integrally shinny.It is easy to recognize from the rear side of connector the lighting of light-emitting component.

(5) can also be that the plate-shaped member is provided with the path that inserts the electric wire.

According to the structure of (5), path is inserted into by by electric wire, so as to be easy to that electric wire is electrically connected with light-emitting component.

(6) can also be hole that the path is through the plate-shaped member.

According to the structure of (6), by inserting electric wire, so as to be easy to that electric wire is electrically connected with light-emitting component.

(7) can also be that the plate-shaped member has a pair of terminal being connected with the light-emitting component respectively,

A pair of terminal has respectively：

From the rear side leading part that the light-emitting component extends and is connected with the electric wire rearward；And

From the light-emitting component front side leading part that side extends forwards,

The power supply opening of (Access) front side leading part accessible from the outside is provided with the housing.

According to the structure of (7), being powered to light-emitting component via power supply opening becomes easy.

(8) can also be that the power supply opening has the inclined plane for extending laterally at least side of fore-and-aft direction.

According to the structure of (8), power supply is extended with outward opening portion, thus easily power supply terminal is connect with front side leading part Touch.

(9) can also be that the plate-shaped member has a pair of terminal being connected with the light-emitting component respectively,

A pair of terminal has respectively：

The conductive component with turned on outside is connected with front side leading part.

According to the structure of (9), can be powered to light-emitting component via conductive component.

(10) can also be that the conductive component protrudes laterally compared with the housing.

According to the structure of (10), conductive component protrudes laterally compared with housing, thus easily makes the power supply terminal of outside Turned on conductive component.

(11) can also be that the conductive component is clipped by the housing and the protective cover.

According to the structure of (11), conductive component is supported by being sandwiched by housing and protective cover, so as to easily pacify Dress conductive component.

(12) can also be that the plate-shaped member is clipped by the housing and the protective cover.

According to the structure of (12), sandwiched by housing and protective cover by by plate-shaped member such that it is able to prevent plate-shaped member Come off.

Connector involved by embodiments of the present invention,

(13) installed in the front ends of optical fiber cable, the optical fiber cable possesses carries out light company in front ends and optical element The optical fiber and at least 2 electric wires for connecing,

The connector has：

Lock pin, its front ends to optical fiber keep；

Housing, it keeps to the lock pin；

According to the structure of (13), support is inserted into from rear side by by plate-shaped member such that it is able to by luminous component It is easily attached to housing.

(14) can also be hole that the path is through the plate-shaped member.

According to the structure of (14), easily electric wire is inserted to path.

(15) possess：

Connector, its front ends for being arranged on the optical fiber cable,

The connector has：

Lock pin, its front ends to optical fiber keep；

Housing, it keeps to the lock pin；

The electric wire is inserted into the path, the electrical connection of the electric wire, the light-emitting component and the embedded electrode.

According to the structure of (15), light-emitting component is set to light by being powered from embedded electrode such that it is able to readily recognize Specific optical fiber cable.

(16) can also be that the embedded electrode is set in the way of 2 outer surfaces across the protective cover, and outwards Expose in portion.

According to the structure of (16), power supply terminal can be made to be contacted with the outer peripheral face of embedded electrode in accessible direction calmly.

(17) can also be that the housing has support, the support towards the radial outside opening of the optical fiber cable, The plate-shaped member is supported.

According to the structure of (17), support this simple operation can be equipped on from radial outside with by plate-shaped member, Plate-shaped member is equipped on housing.

(18) can also be that the protective cover makes the light diffusion projected from the light-emitting component and to exterior guiding.

According to the structure of (18), protective cover can be made integrally to seem lighting, easily confirm light-emitting component from rear side Lighting.

Connector involved by embodiments of the present invention,

(19) installed in the front ends of optical fiber cable, the optical fiber cable possesses carries out light connects in front ends and external equipment Optical fiber and at least 2 electric wires,

The connector has：

Lock pin, its front ends to optical fiber keep；

Housing, it keeps to the lock pin；

According to the structure of (19), lighted by making light-emitting component such that it is able to readily recognize specific optical fiber cable.

One implementation method of electric supply installation involved in the present invention is,

(20) a kind of electric supply installation, it is combined and to light-emitting component supply electric power with optical fiber cable connector, the optical fiber The direction that line connector possesses the light-emitting component and turned on the light-emitting component and intersected in the axial direction with optical fiber cable On the multiple electrodes exposed,

The electric supply installation possesses：

Housing, it possesses connector fitting portion, and the rear portion of the connector that the optical fiber cable extends can be with the company Connect device fitting portion to be fitted together to, the connector fitting portion has the opening portion along the axially open of the optical fiber cable；And

Multiple spring-like terminals, they protrude to the connector fitting portion and can respectively be led with the multiple electrode It is logical,

In the state of the rear portion of the connector is embedded in the connector fitting portion, multiple spring-like terminal energy Enough and each described electrode conduction.

According to the structure of (20), can be in the state of the rear portion of connector be embedded in into connector fitting portion to luminous unit Part is powered, even if thus operator hand is left from electric supply installation and also easily make light-emitting component and continue luminous, identification operation becomes Easily.

(21) can also be that there is gate portion in the connector fitting portion,

The gate portion can be moved to first position and the second place, and the first position is to make the spring-like terminal Conducting portion protruded to the connector fitting portion side and make the position of the spring-like terminal and the electrode conduction, described Two positions are the positions for being abutted with the spring-like terminal and making the conducting portion not protruded to the connector fitting portion side.

According to the structure of (21), the conducting shape of electrode and spring-like terminal can be accordingly switched with the position in gate portion State, thus the careless possibility for damaging spring-like terminal, due to spring-like terminal lesion electrode and connector electrode Peripheral part possibility it is smaller.Therefore, it is possible to suppress the damage of connector.

(22) can also be the gate portion by the inside of the connector fitting portion along the optical fiber cable axial direction It is mobile such that it is able to be moved to the first position and the second place.

According to the structure of (22), can by vertically moving gate portion, not along the narrow radial direction of working space, from And switched conductive with it is non-conduction, thus workability is good.

(23) spring members that the gate portion is pressed to the second place can also be provided with.

According to the structure of (23), when electric supply installation is unloaded from connector, gate portion can be reliably configured to Two positions.

(24) can also be provided with for the gate portion to be held in the first position and described second in the housing The latching portion of at least one of position.

According to the structure of (24), the conducting portion of spring-like terminal is easily maintained with the conduction/non-conduction state of electrode.

(25) can also be the first position in the gate portion relative to the second place, it is relative positioned at the gate portion In the rear of the relative position of the housing.

According to the structure of (25), if made, housing is relative relative to gate portion to advance, and can make light-emitting component lighting, because And easily intuitively understand operation.

(26) can also be that, with fixture, the fixture is arranged on the rear of the housing, detachably be installed on institute State the rear portion of housing.

In the side of connector, connector is intensive, thus is difficult to ensure working space, but at the rear of connector, easily Ensure big working space.

According to the structure of (26), fixture is operated by using the working space at the rear of housing such that it is able to connection Device is operated, thus easily electric supply installation is combined with connector.

(27) can also be that the fixture can be along the axial direction that intersect with the optical fiber cable relative to the housing Rotate.

According to the structure of (27), even if applying impulsive force to electric supply installation from direction intersecting axially, fixture is rotated, should Impulsive force will not also act on connector.It is damaged therefore, it is possible to suppress connector.

(28) can also be recess that the axially open along the optical fiber cable is provided with the fixture.

According to the structure of (28), in recess the optical fiber cable from connector extension can be made naturally along fixture, make optical fiber The possibility of line bending is smaller.

(29) can also be that, with gate portion, the gate portion is with can be along the axial direction of the optical fiber cable relative to the housing Mobile mode is set,

At least a portion of the spring-like terminal is arranged at the outside of the connector fitting portion,

The gate portion is configured to be moved to first position and the second place, and the first position is to make the spring The conducting portion of shape terminal protrudes to the connector fitting portion side and makes the position of the spring-like terminal and the electrode conduction, The second place is located between the spring-like terminal and the electrode, is abutted with the spring-like terminal and is made described leading The position that logical portion does not protrude to the connector fitting portion,

The gate portion is arranged at fixture, and the fixture is detachably arranged at the rear of the housing.

According to the structure of (29), can be moved by making gate portion vertically, and not along the narrow radial direction of working space, So as to switch the conducting state and nonconducting state of light-emitting component, thus workability is good.

In addition, not making spring-like terminal be abutted with the electrode of connector, but make gate portion and spring-like terminal, switching electricity The conducting state of pole and spring-like terminal, thus due to spring-like terminal the electrode of lesion electrode and connector periphery The possibility of position is smaller.Therefore, it is possible to suppress the damage of connector.

Additionally, the present invention can also be constituted in the following manner.

A a kind of () connector, it possesses：

Housing, it has the multiple slits for setting up in week and the rear end side in the multiple slit in collet chuck construction The threaded portion of setting；

Cable pressing component, it is screwed tight with the threaded portion；And

One group of terminal unit, it has light-emitting component, is accordingly configured with least 2 in the multiple slit,

The couple of conductor drawn from cable can respectively be derived from least 2 slits,

Screwed tight in the threaded portion by by the cable pressing component, thus using the collet chuck construct fastening and incite somebody to action The cable is fixed, and the pair of wire and one group of terminal unit are respectively superposed and are clamped.

According to the structure of (a), using the teaching of the invention it is possible to provide a kind of connector, it selects specific in the multiple cables for being installed on panel etc. During cable, the cable that should be selected can be readily recognized.

B () is in one group of terminal unit and the multiple slit, along the collet chuck according to the connector described in (a) Diametrically opposite 2 slit in construction is respectively correspondingly configured.

According to the structure of (b), the light-emitting component that connector possesses can be visually confirmed from either direction.

C the connector of () according to (a) or (b), one group of terminal unit possesses base portion respectively,

Each base portion 2 slits adjacent with the multiple slit are accordingly configured.

According to the structure of (c), even if the couple of conductor that will be drawn from cable is derived from any slit in multiple slits, Wire can be made to be contacted with terminal unit.

D (), according to the connector any one of (a) to (c), one group of terminal unit possesses respectively can be from outer The external contacts that portion is turned on by electrical contact,

The external contacts configuration is in the position orthogonal with the light-emitting component positioned opposite to each other.

According to the structure of (d), tester etc. is set to be contacted with external contacts by from outside such that it is able to easily to hair Optical element is powered.

E a kind of () connector with cable, it possesses：

Connector any one of (a) to (d)；And

The state contacted with one group of terminal unit with the pair of wire is fixed on the cable of the connector.

According to the structure of (e), using the teaching of the invention it is possible to provide a kind of connector with cable that can readily recognize the cable that should be selected.

F a kind of () optic panel, it possesses：

Panel, it possesses the multiple connector insert ports for being inserted into the connector any one of (a) to (d)；

A pair of wrists, they to sandwich the connector insert port in the way of from the panel face forward extend；And

Light-emitting component, it is arranged on the panel, is electrically connected with the pair of wrist,

The external contacts that the pair of wrist can be set with the one group of terminal unit in the connector are electrically connected Connect.

According to the structure of (f), the light-emitting component also lighting together with the light-emitting component of connector of optic panel, therefore, it is possible to more Easily carry out the identification of cable that should be selected.

G a kind of () optical fiber cable, it possesses：

At least 1 optical fiber；

Couple of conductor, they are set in the way of across the optical fiber；And

Crust, it is coated to the optical fiber and the pair of wire,

The optical fiber cable is provided with the light-emitting component electrically connected with the pair of wire.

According to the structure of (g), the optical fiber that should be selected can be readily recognized in many optical fiber cables for be installed on panel etc. Line.

H the optical fiber cable of () according to (g), each wire is made up of annealed copper wire.

According to the structure of (h), each wire works as soft tensile members, further, it is possible to successfully carry out each Conduction between wire and light-emitting component.

I the optical fiber cable of () according to (g) or (h), each wire is twisted wire.

According to the structure of (i), in the pull resistance of each wire of maintenance, and the operability of optical fiber cable can be improved.

J the optical fiber cable of () according to (i), each wire being made up of the twisted wire is AWG24~AWG26.

According to the structure of (j), disclosure satisfy that the given size on the construction of optical fiber cable and allow pulling force.

[detailed contents of embodiments of the present invention]

Below, the preferred embodiment of the present invention is described in detail with reference to accompanying drawings.Additionally, in the description of the drawings, to phase Same or equivalent elements mark identical label, the repetitive description thereof will be omitted.

Fig. 1 is the optical fiber cable for representing the Belt connector involved by an embodiment of the invention (hereinafter also referred to as with even Connect the light cable of device) 1 side view.As shown in figure 1, the light cable 1 of Belt connector possesses light cable 2 and installed in light cable 2 Front ends connector 10.Additionally, in the following description, in an end of the length direction of light cable 2, by end Side is referred to as front, and opposite to that side is referred to as into rear.

Fig. 2 is the sectional view of light cable 2.

Light cable 2 has optical fiber baseline 3 (example of optical fiber), a pair of electric wires 4 and to the optical fiber baseline 3 and The crust 6 coated to electric wire 4.In the inside of the hollow bulb that the inside of crust 6 is set, optical fiber baseline 3 and electricity are contained Line 4.In addition, in the inside of hollow bulb and optical fiber baseline 3 and the gap location of electric wire 4, being provided with aromatic polyamide fibre etc. and resisting Dimension of towing 5.

Optical fiber baseline 3 coats uv-hardening resin (UV resins) around the glass fibre with core and covering, Its external diameter is set to 250 μm.Optical fiber baseline 3 is in the front ends of light cable 2 and the light/light-emitting component of external equipment or lens section The optical elements such as part carry out light connects and external equipment are carried out into light connects each other.Additionally, as optical fiber, except above-mentioned example with The optical fiber of 250 μm~900 μm usually used of the external diameters such as outer, or 500 μm of external diameter, 900 μm of external diameter.

Each electric wire 4 is by for example by multiple (being in this example 7), metal wire 4a stranded twisted wire is constituted, and then twisted wire Around by Ins. ulative material coat.As metal wire 4a, for example, use the annealed copper wire that electric conductivity is high.7 wires 4a are twisted The external diameter of the electric wire 4 for closing for example is set to more than or equal to 0.48mm~less than 0.65mm.That is, electric wire 4 is preferably sized to AWG (American Wire Gauge) 24~AWG26.If the external diameter of electric wire 4 is thicker than AWG24, light cable 2 cannot be met Construction on given size.In addition, if the external diameter of electric wire 4 is thinner than AWG26, then the permission pulling force of light cable 2 cannot be met.

In addition it is also possible to constitute electric wire 4 by the metal wire of single line.In the case of the electric wire 4 being made up of single line, preferably will Its external diameter is set to more than or equal to 0.42mm~less than 0.65mm (AWG22~AWG25).

Crust 6 to being covered around optical fiber baseline 3 and a pair of electric wires 4 is made up of resin.As composition crust 6 Resin, particularly preferably uses flame-proof polyethylene.From from the viewpoint of the easy degree of the treatment of light cable 2, the Young mould of crust 6 Amount is preferably 5~20Mpa or so.

Fig. 3 is the exploded view of connector 10.Fig. 4 is the sectional view of connector 10.As shown in Figures 3 and 4, connector 10 is pacified Mounted in the front ends of light cable 2 (example of optical fiber cable).

As shown in Figures 3 and 4, connector 10 has：Lock pin 7, its front ends to optical fiber baseline 3 keep；Shell Body 20, it keeps to the lock pin 7；Luminous component 40, it possesses light-emitting component 41；And protective cover 50.Protective cover 50 with The mode of covering luminous element 41 is installed from the rear of housing 20.

Lock pin 7 is columned part.In the inside of lock pin 7, the through hole for running through along its length is provided with.Running through Kong Zhong, inserts and is fixed with the glass fibre exposed from the optical fiber baseline 3 of light cable 2.

Housing 20 is the portion that is covered of a part of the light cable 2 rearward extended to lock pin 7 and from lock pin 7 Part.Housing 20 possesses procapsid 21, middle housing 22 and back casing 30.

Procapsid 21 and middle housing 22 house lock pin 7 inside it.

Between procapsid 21 and middle housing 22, spring 24 is configured with.The leading section of spring 24 abuts with lock pin 7, spring 24 rearward end is abutted with middle housing 22.By lock pin 7, side presses spring 24 forwards.Thereby, it is possible to by lock pin 7 relative to connection The optical element of other side is pressed and is improved coupling efficiency.

In the rear end side of middle housing 22, the traction-resistant fibre 5 exposed from the front ends of light cable 2 is with along in middle housing 22 The state of the periphery of pipe extended of rear end side, be sandwiched into the pipe and further cover its periphery hoop between. Hoop is riveted and fixes.Additionally, in the rear end side of middle housing 22, crust 6 is sandwiched into and is fixed on the rear end side of hoop Periphery and the fixed component of crust 6 between.In the state of back casing 30 is covered to these peripheries, back casing 30 is with The rear end side of housing 22 links, and a part for the light cable 2 to extending rearward from lock pin 7 is covered.

In the periphery at the rear portion of back casing 30, the resinous protective cover 50 of softness is equipped with.Protective cover 50 is in rear shell The part that the rear of body 30 is protected to light cable 2, to cause that light cable 2 will not be acted on bending drastically.The protective cover 50 rear ends that back casing 30 is arranged on from rear side, at least a portion to luminous component described later 40 is covered.

The protective cover 50 is formed by translucent resin, so as to projected from the light-emitting component 41 for being arranged at luminous component 40 Light spreads and to exterior guiding.Additionally, being formed instead of by translucent resin, it is also possible to form protective cover 50 by transparent resin, In small concavo-convex of its outer surface, inner surface setting, thus make the light diffusion projected from light-emitting component 41 and to exterior guiding.Or Person, it is also possible to utilize the transparent resin containing photodiffusion material, forms protective cover 50.

Fig. 5 is the oblique view of luminous component 40.As shown in figure 5, luminous component 40 has：Light-emitting component 41；By upper surface It is set to the circuit substrate 42 (example of plate-shaped member) of mounting surface 42a；And the first end formed on circuit substrate 42 Son 44 and Second terminal 45.Mounting surface 42a is almost parallel with the main light-emitting surface of light-emitting component 41.In addition, in circuit substrate 42, It is provided with 2 paths (hole) 43a, 43b (reference picture 9) of the dorsal part that mounting surface 42a is through to from mounting surface 42a.Additionally, path 43a, 43b can both be arranged on rear side compared with light-emitting component 41, it is also possible to be arranged on front side.

Light-emitting component 41 can use LED (Laser Emitting Diode), EL (Electro Luminescence) Deng.

The first terminal 44 and Second terminal 45 are electrically connected with light-emitting component 41.The first terminal 44 and the shape of Second terminal 45 As extending along the longitudinal direction on the mounting surface 42a of circuit substrate 42.Each terminal 44,45 can be by circuit substrate 42 Printed wiring pattern or metallic plate (busbar) of formation etc. are constituted.

It is provided with from the front side leading part 44a that side extends forwards of light-emitting component 41 and from hair in the first terminal 44 The rear side leading part 44b that optical element 41 extends rearward.Equally, it is provided with from light-emitting component 41 forward in the first terminal 45 The front side leading part 45a of the square side extension and rear side leading part 45b extended rearward from light-emitting component 41.

Path 43a, 43b are open in rear side leading part 44b, 45b.It is preferably formed as the first terminal 44 and Second terminal 45 Conductive layer extend to the inner peripheral surface of path 43a, 43b and formed (reference picture 9).

Then, the installation constitution of luminous component 40 is illustrated using Fig. 6 to Fig. 9.Fig. 6 is the rear portion of back casing 30 Amplification oblique drawing.Fig. 7 is the sectional view of alongst Fig. 6 at the face comprising power supply opening 33a.

As shown in FIG. 6 and 7, at the rear portion of back casing 30, it is provided with large-diameter portion 30a and there is path in contrast Outer peripheral face minor diameter part 30b (example of joint portion).Minor diameter part 30b is arranged on the rear of large-diameter portion 30a, is set to phase Rearward protruded for large-diameter portion 30a.Protective cover 50 is arranged on minor diameter part 30b from rear side.In addition, minor diameter part 30b's Lower surface and side, are provided with engagement pawl 37.Because minor diameter part 30b protrudes rearward, so easily entering to protective cover 50 Whereabouts are moved, and reliably protective cover 50 can be supported.

It is minor diameter part 30b in the rear end of back casing 30, is provided with：Space A, it runs through and supplies light along the longitudinal direction Cable 2 is inserted；And support 31, it has the opening 31a towards rearward openings.The support 31 as from opening 31a forward Recess that square side extends and formed.

Support 31 is formed between frame portion 32 and covering part 33, and frame portion 32 is compared with support 31 positioned at light cable 2 Radially inner side, covering part 33 is compared with support 31 positioned at the radial outside of light cable 2.Frame portion 32 is formed as housing light cable Extend along the longitudinal direction between 2 space and support 31.The rear side end in frame portion 32 is compared with the opening 31a of support 31 Extend rearward.

The power supply opening 33a for being through to support 31 from outside is provided with covering part 33.Power supply opening 33a directions Radial outside opening.Power supply opening 33a possesses the inclined plane towards outer expandable at least side of fore-and-aft direction.In this reality Apply in mode, in face of the power supply with opening 33a is formed, will above be set to the inclined plane towards front direction outer expandable, in addition, The inclined plane towards rear direction outer expandable will be also set to below.

Fig. 8 is to represent the oblique view that the situation of luminous component 40 is provided with back casing 30.Fig. 9 is represented in back casing 30 The sectional view of the situation of luminous component 40 and protective cover 50 is installed.

As can be seen from figures 8 and 9, in the support 31 being rearward open as described above, luminous component is inserted with from rear A part for 40 circuit substrate 42.In more detail, the circuit substrate of front side compared with light-emitting component 41 of luminous component 42 part is inserted into support 31.It is as noted above, it is inserted into the state of support 31 in a part for luminous component 40 Under, the light-emitting component 41 of the luminous component 40 and position of rear side is not inserted into support 31 compared with light-emitting component 41, with The opening 31a of support 31 is compared and protruded rearward.In addition, light-emitting component 41 and the rear side compared with light-emitting component 41 The upper surface at position is uncovered portion 33 and covers.

Additionally, the height dimension (size of the radial direction of light cable 2) of support 31 preferably set with circuit substrate 42 Thickness is identical or slightly larger in contrast.Thus, circuit substrate 42 will not be rocked, and stably supported portion 31 is supported.

In the state of circuit substrate 42 is inserted into support 31, the width of the mounting surface 42a of circuit substrate 42 (is taken Direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction on section 42a) the part of end suppressed by the pressing part 38 extended from back casing 30. Thus, circuit substrate 42 is stably supported.

In addition, in the state of a part for circuit substrate 42 is inserted into support 31, in the locking that protective cover 50 is set Hole 51 is chimeric with the engagement pawl 37 set in minor diameter part 30b, thus, protective cover is provided with from rear side relative to back casing 30 50.In the state of protective cover 50 is installed on back casing 30, the upper surfaces of protective cover 50 pairs comprising light-emitting component 41 it is small The complete cycle of footpath portion 30b is covered.Thus, circuit substrate 42 is clipped by housing 20 and protective cover 50, prevent luminous component 40 from Back casing 30 comes off.

In the state of circuit substrate 42 is inserted into support 31,2 power supply opening 33a are located at front side lead respectively The surface of portion 44a, 45a.Thereby, it is possible to from the outside through by power supply opening 33a close to (Access) front side leading part 44a、45a.Therefore, it is possible to power supply terminal is close to from rear, diametrically to sandwich connector 10 in the way of feeder ear is installed Son, is easily powered to light-emitting component 41.Now, power supply terminal is slided along the longitudinal direction, make power supply terminal from power supply Contacted with front side leading part 44a, 45a with opening 33a.Because power supply opening 33a possesses at least side of fore-and-aft direction The inclined plane for extending laterally, so power supply terminal is easily contacted with front side leading part 44a, 45a.

In addition, circuit substrate 42 set path 43a, 43b as shown in figure 9, being through to its opposition side from mounting surface 42a Face.On the path 43a, 43b, in the state of circuit substrate 42 is inserted into support 31, rearward end and the electricity in frame portion 32 Path 43a, 43b of base board 42 are compared to positioned at front side.Thus, mounting surface 42a sides from path 43a, 43b to circuit substrate 42 It is open with both space A of light cable 2 are housed.

From light cable 2 extend electric wire 4 via path 43a, 43b around to circuit substrate 42 mounting surface 42a, by soft The methods such as soldering, are mechanically and electrically connected to property with front side leading part 44a, 45a.It is not limited to utilize solder, it is also possible to Using bonding or riveting carried out based on conductive adhesive by welding etc., by electric wire 4 and front side leading part 44a, 45a is connected.

The light cable of the Belt connector for constituting in the above described manner makes power supply terminal via power supply opening 33a by from outside Contacted with front side leading part 44a, 45a such that it is able to make the lighting of light-emitting component 41.If in the end of the side of length direction Connector 10 in, power supply terminal is contacted with front side leading part 44a, 45a, then via the electric wire 4 in light cable 2, to The light-emitting component 41 of the connector 10 that the opposite side of the length direction of light cable 2 is set is also supplied with electric power, the luminous unit of opposite side The also lighting of part 41.

Figure 10 is the figure of the situation for representing the device that the light cable 1 of the Belt connector involved by present embodiment is connected. The light cable 1 of the Belt connector involved by above-mentioned present embodiment is for example for light connects in the station of optical-fiber network.Such In purposes, as shown in Figure 10, it is necessary to countless light cables is carried out into light connects with the device 100 of high density and connecting object.Cause This, recognizes that specific light cable is very difficult from many light cables.

Therefore, the light cable 1 of the Belt connector involved by present embodiment possesses light-emitting component 41.Therefore, by making spy The light-emitting component 41 of the light cable 1 of fixed Belt connector lights such that it is able to from the light cable of many Belt connectors simply Recognize the light cable 1 of specific Belt connector.

In addition, the protective cover 50 of the light cable 1 of the Belt connector makes the emergent light diffusion for carrying out self-emission device 41 simultaneously outside Portion guides, thus if the lighting of light-emitting component 41, then seems the protective cover 50 covered to the whole periphery of minor diameter part 30b It is overall to light.Thereby, it is possible to easily verify that hair from the front of device 100 (from the rear side of the light cable 1 of Belt connector) The lighting of optical element 41.Therefore, recognize that the light cable 1 of specific Belt connector becomes to be more prone to.

In addition, as shown in figure 9, power supply opening 33a has the inclination for extending laterally at least side of fore-and-aft direction Face.Therefore, power supply terminal and front side leading part 44a, 45a is repeated making power supply terminal move along the longitudinal direction Be contacting and separating in the case of, power supply opening 33a is difficult to be powered and uses terminal damage.

In addition, as shown in Figure 10, having countless Belt connectors with high density light connects on the device 100 of connecting object Light cable.Therefore, luminous component simply is installed in light cable if only in order to easily recognize, then light cable becomes large-scale Change, it is impossible to high-density installation in the device.It is as noted above, preferably do not carried with not maximizing in the light cable of Belt connector Luminous component.

Therefore, the present inventors expect circuit substrate 42 to be equipped with light-emitting component 41 by prolonging along the longitudinal direction The mode of the supporting surface support stretched, is equipped on housing 20, so as to obtain the present invention by luminous component 40.

For example, different from the present invention, it is considered to following situations, i.e. support is set in the way of the radial opening to housing, Support is constituted in the way of circuit substrate is supported by the supporting surface for radially extending.In the case, if in order to stably Support circuit substrate and be intended to ensure larger by the supporting surface, then support diametrically becomes maximization.But, such as preceding institute State, in the device 100 of connecting object, the space constraints for radial direction are extremely strict.

The present inventors have found, in the device 100 of connecting object, the length direction on light cable 2, space Restriction it is few.Therefore, the space extended using the length direction along light cable 2 has been discussed, luminous component 40 has been equipped on housing 20。

The light cable 1 of the Belt connector according to involved by present embodiment, by being inserted into circuit substrate 42 after The support 31 of side opening, so as to luminous component 40 is fixed on into housing 20.That is, circuit substrate 42 is supported by support 12, should Support 12 is the (recess that the direction front between covering part 33 and frame portion 32 extends.Therefore, if being intended to stably holding circuit Substrate 42, then the size of the fore-and-aft direction of support 31 easily becomes big, but the size of the radial direction in light cable 2 is not variable big.That is, The light cable 1 of the Belt connector according to involved by present embodiment, can be in the situation for not making light cable 2 diametrically maximize Under, there is provided it is equipped with the light cable 1 of the Belt connector of the easy identification of luminous component 40.

Below, the assemble method of the light cable of above-mentioned Belt connector is illustrated using Figure 11 and Figure 12.

First, light cable 2 is made to pass through spring 24, middle housing 22, back casing 30 and protective cover 50.

Then, the crust 6 of the fore-end of light cable 2 is removed, exposes optical fiber baseline 3 and a pair of electric wires 4.Make from outer The length that the electric wire 4 that skin 6 exposes exposes turns into, can be to the outside dew of housing 20 at the rear of the housing 20 being finally completed The length of the degree for going out.Then, the glass fibre exposed from optical fiber baseline 3 is fixed from the patchhole insertion of lock pin 7.

Then, housing 20 is made to be moved to the position of exposed optical fiber baseline 3.Also, lock pin 7 is contained in procapsid 21, procapsid 21 and middle housing 22 are combined, and spring 24, middle housing 22, back casing 30 and protective cover 50 are carried out into group Close.Thus, the state shown in (a) as Figure 11.

Then, as shown in (b) of Figure 11, luminous component 40 is inserted into the opening rearward of back casing 30 from rear side Support 31.Additionally, in the operation, luminous component 40 is not completely inserted into support 31, and circuit substrate 42 is inserted Enter to the midway of support 31.

Then, as shown in (c) of Figure 11, electric wire 4 is inserted into the path 43 of circuit substrate 42, its end is inserted into electricity The mounting surface 42a sides of base board 42.Then, the end of electric wire 4 is carried out with rear side leading part 44b, 45b of circuit substrate 42 Solder.Thus, electric wire 4 and light-emitting component 41 are electrically connected.Due to being provided with path 43 in circuit substrate 42, so holding Easily by electric wire 4 around to rear side leading part 44b, 45b.

Then, as shown in (d) of Figure 11, circuit substrate 42 is completely inserted into support 31.Thereby, it is possible to make front Side leading part 44a, 45a exposes from power supply opening 33a to outside.

And then, the stop hole 51 of protective cover 50 is embedded in the engagement pawl 37 of back casing 30, protective cover 50 is pacified from rear side Minor diameter part 30b loaded on back casing 30.Thus, the light cable 1 of Belt connector is completed.

More than, illustrate the present invention in detail and with reference to specific implementation method, but it will be understood by those skilled in the art that can be Various changes, amendment are carried out in the case of not departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.In addition, the number of the structure member of described above Amount, position, shape etc. are not limited to above-mentioned implementation method, can be changed to practice the present invention suitable quantity, Position, shape etc..

Figure 12 and Figure 13 are the light for illustrating the Belt connector involved by the variation of above-mentioned first embodiment The figure of cable.Figure 12 be the Belt connector involved by this variation light cable in carry luminous component 40 ', the oblique view of 40A. Figure 13 is a part for the light cable for representing the Belt connector involved by the variation for carrying the luminous component 40A shown in Figure 12 Sectional view.

In the above-described embodiment, it is illustrated the through hole formed in circuit substrate 42 as path 43a, 43b, But path 43 may not be through hole.For example, as shown in Figure 12 (a), (b), path can also be after circuit substrate 42 Slit 43a, 43b for being opened to side that side is formed, or rearward open slit 43A.

According to the luminous component 40A for possessing slit 43A described above, as shown in figure 13, it is installed on by luminous component 40A During housing 20, electric wire 4 can be simply plugged into slit 43A in rear side.Therefore, it is possible to simply making electric wire 4 and lighting Element 41 is turned on.

In addition, in the above-described embodiment, enumerating power supply terminal can be via power supply opening 33a front accessible from the outside The structure of side leading part 44a, 45a is illustrated, but the invention is not restricted to this.

For example, as shown in figure 13, it is also possible to constitute in the following manner, i.e. set on front side leading part 44a, 45a The conductive component 46 that one part exposes from the outer surface of back casing 30, can be first to lighting from outside via the conductive component 46 Part 41 is powered.For ease of with power supply termination contact, the preferably position 46a for exposing of conductive component 46 and back casing 30 Outer surface compared to protruding laterally.

It is preferred that the conductive component 46 is configured to be clipped by the rearward end of back casing 30 and the leading section of protective cover 50.Can be by Conductive component 46 by solder etc. and front side leading part 44a, 45a electrical resistance ground and it is mechanically connected after, by illuminating part Part 40 is inserted into support 31.Therefore, it is possible to the luminous component 40 for reliably being turned on light-emitting component 41 and conductive component 46 It is simply plugged into support 31.

In addition, in the above-described embodiment, as plate-shaped member, enumerate and be equipped with the circuit substrate 42 of light-emitting component 41 and be Example is illustrated, but the invention is not restricted to the example.Figure 14 is the luminous component 40B involved by other variations of the invention Oblique view.

Luminous component 40B shown in Figure 14 possesses as 2 pieces of busbars 44B, 45B of plate-shaped member.Conflux with across 2 The mode of bar 44B, 45B is provided with light-emitting component 41.2 busbars 44B, 45B are respectively the metallic plates for extending along the longitudinal direction, Its front side is provided with front side leading part 44Ba, the 45Ba with power supply termination contact, side is provided with and electricity in its rear Rear side leading part 44Bb, 45Bb of the contact of line 4.In addition, in the rearward end of rear side leading part 44Bb, 45Bb, being provided with court The slit 43B being open rearward.

In electric wire 4 sandwiched into slit 43B, so as to be easy to for electric wire 4 be fixed on rear side leading part 44Bb, 45Bb. By by 2 busbars of luminous component 40B described above from rear side be configured at housing 20 rear end set branch Bearing portion 31, it is also possible to simply and luminous component 40 is installed on connector 10 with will not diametrically maximizing.

Below, the optical fiber cable 1001 of the Belt connector involved by second embodiment of the present invention is illustrated.

Figure 15 is the connector 1010 of the optical fiber cable 1001 of the Belt connector involved by second embodiment of the present invention Sectional view.As shown in figure 15, the optical fiber cable 1001 of the Belt connector involved by present embodiment also with above-mentioned first embodiment Similarly possess light cable 2 and connector 1010.

As shown in figure 15, connector 1010 is installed on the front ends of light cable 2.Connector 1010 is implemented with above-mentioned first Mode similarly has：Lock pin 1007, its front ends to optical fiber baseline 3 keep；Housing 20, it is to the lock pin 1007 Kept；Luminous component 1040, it possesses light-emitting component 1041；And protective cover 1050.Protective cover 1050 is luminous to cover The mode of element 1041 is installed from the rear of housing 1020.

Housing 1020 is that a part for the light cable 2 rearward extended to lock pin 1007 and from lock pin 1007 is carried out The part of covering.Housing 1020 possesses procapsid 1021, middle housing 1022 and back casing 1030.Procapsid 1021 and middle shell Body 1022 houses lock pin 1007 inside it.

Figure 16 is the stravismus for representing the rear portion of back casing 1030 and being installed on the luminous component 1040 of back casing 1030 Figure.

As shown in figure 16, back casing 1030 possesses large-diameter portion 1030a and has path compared with large-diameter portion 1030a Minor diameter part 1030b.Minor diameter part 1030b is formed in rear side compared with large-diameter portion 1030a.In the outer peripheral face of minor diameter part 1030b, if It is equipped with the engagement pawl 1033 for being radially oriented outside protrusion.

At the rear portion of the minor diameter part 1030b of back casing 1030, the supporting of the radial outside opening towards light cable 2 is provided with Portion 1031.Support 1031 is the upper surface in the frame portion 1032 extended along the longitudinal direction at the rear portion of back casing 1030.This portion 1032 upper surface opens towards the radial outside of light cable 2.Additionally, in back casing 1030, it is inside in the footpath in frame portion 1032 Side (lower section in frame portion 1032 in figure 16), is provided with the space A for the insertion of light cable 2.

Luminous component 1040 is installed on the support 1031 from the outside of radial direction.Luminous component possess light-emitting component 1041, And 2 busbars (example of plate-shaped member) 1042 of element mounted 1041.

Busbar 1042 is metallic plate.The upper surface (face of the radial outside of light cable 2) of busbar 1042 is set to take Carry the mounting surface of light-emitting component 1041.Each terminal electrical resistance ground of busbar 1042 and light-emitting component 1041 and mechanically connect Connect.Light-emitting component 1041 is set in the way of across 2 pieces of busbars 1042.In the rear side of busbar 1042, it is provided with from taking Section 1042a is through to the path i.e. slit 1043 of the opposition side of mounting surface 1042a.The slit 1043 is open rearward.It is narrow The size of the width of seam 1043 is formed must be more slightly larger than the external diameter of electric wire 4.Additionally, in addition to busbar 1042, it is also possible to Light-emitting component 1041 is equipped on printed base plate for implementing printed wiring etc..

Figure 17 is the oblique view of the protective cover 1050 for representing back casing 1030 and being installed on back casing 1030.

As shown in figure 17, protective cover 1050 is installed on the rear portion of back casing 1030 from rear side.Set in protective cover 1050 There is stop hole 1051.Stop hole 1051 is embedded in by by the engagement pawl 1033 of back casing 1030, so as to protective cover 1050 be installed In back casing 1030.Luminous component 1040 is clipped and supported by back casing 1030 and protective cover 1050 in the longitudinal direction, by This prevents luminous component 1040 from being come off from connector 1010.

There is embedded electrode 1052 in the embedment of protective cover 1050.Protective cover 1050 is inserted together with embedded electrode 1052 (Insert) synthetic resin of shaping.The outer peripheral face of embedded electrode 1052 is with the outer peripheral face of the resin portion of protective cover 1050 The same face, or protruded laterally compared with outer peripheral face.In addition, the outer peripheral face of embedded electrode 1052 is with across in approximately parallelepiped body The mode of 2 sides of the protective cover 1050 of the profile of shape is set.

Figure 18 is to omit the resin portion of protective cover 1050 and show back casing 1030, luminous component 1040 and embedment The oblique view of electrode 1052.Figure 19 is position, edge comprising back casing 1030, luminous component 1040 and protective cover 1050 The sectional view of the length direction of light cable 2.

As shown in Figure 18 and Figure 19, the electric wire 4 drawn from the light cable 2 of the radially inner side for being inserted into frame portion 1032 is matched somebody with somebody Line is the slit 1043 for being inserted into busbar 1042, mounting surface of its leading section around to busbar 1042.Around to busbar 1042 Mounting surface electric wire 4 end using solder, welding, the bonding carried out based on conductive adhesive or riveting etc., with Busbar 1042 mechanically and electrical resistance be attached.

As being illustrated in Figure 17, when protective cover 1050 is installed on into back casing 1030 from rear side, embedment electricity Pole 1052 is inserted into the slit 1043 run through by electric wire 4.Thus, electric wire 4 be clipped in the longitudinal direction embedded electrode 1052 with it is narrow Between seam 1043.Protective cover 1050 is installed in the state of embedded electrode 1052 all the time presses electric wire 4 towards busbar 1042 In back casing 1030.Thus, the state for maintaining embedded electrode 1052, electric wire 4 and busbar 1042 to turn on each other.

Additionally, as shown in figure 19, slit 1043 1040 supported portion of luminous component 1031 support in the state of, with frame portion 1032 compared to being located behind side.Thus, when embedded electrode 1052 is inserted into slit 1043, embedded electrode 1052 can be to electricity Line 4 acts on the power pressed to busbar 1042.

Contacted with the outer peripheral face of embedded electrode 1052 by making power supply terminal, so as to via embedded electrode 1052, electric wire 4, And busbar 1042 is to the supply electric power of light-emitting component 1041.If the connector 1010 of the end in the side of length direction In, power supply terminal is contacted with embedded electrode 1052, then via the electric wire 4 in light cable 2, to the length direction in light cable 2 The light-emitting component 1041 of connector 1010 that sets of opposite side be also supplied with electric power, the also lighting of light-emitting component 1041 of opposite side.

The optical fiber cable 1001 of the Belt connector according to involved by above-mentioned present embodiment, by making power supply terminal with embedment The outer peripheral face contact of electrode 1052 such that it is able to make the lighting of light-emitting component 1041.If in the end of the side of length direction In connector 1010, power supply terminal is set to be contacted with embedded electrode 1052, then via the electric wire 4 in light cable 2, in light cable 2 The light-emitting component 1041 of connector 1010 that sets of opposite side of length direction be also supplied with electric power, the light-emitting component of opposite side 1041 also lightings.

The optical fiber cable 1001 of the Belt connector involved by present embodiment possesses light-emitting component 1041.Therefore, by making spy The light-emitting component 1041 of the optical fiber cable 1001 of fixed Belt connector lights, as shown in Figure 10, can be from the light of many Belt connectors The optical fiber cable 1001 of specific Belt connector is simply recognized in cable.

In addition, the protective cover 1050 of the optical fiber cable 1001 of the Belt connector spreads the emergent light for carrying out self-emission device 1041 And to exterior guiding, thus if the lighting of light-emitting component 1041, then seem to cover the whole periphery of minor diameter part 1030b Protective cover 1050 it is overall luminous.Thereby, it is possible to from the front of the device 100 of Figure 10 (from the optical fiber cable 1001 of Belt connector Rear side) easily verify that the lighting of light-emitting component 1041.Therefore, recognize that the optical fiber cable 1001 of specific Belt connector becomes It is more prone to.

In addition, the optical fiber cable 1001 of the Belt connector according to involved by present embodiment, electric wire 4 is by slit 1043 and embedment Clipped in the embedded electrode 1052 of protective cover 1050, slit 1043 is with continuously square to the face with mounting surface opposition side from mounting surface Formula is set.Therefore, as shown in Figure 19, slit 1043 is inserted into by by electric wire 4, by the electric wire 4 is by slit 1043 and buries Enter electrode 1052 and sandwich such simple operation, the optical fiber cable 1001 of Belt connector can be assembled.

In addition, as shown in figure 17, the outer peripheral face of each embedded electrode 1052 is with across 2 outer surfaces of protective cover 1050 Mode is set, and exposes to outside.Therefore, for power supply terminal, with the example of Figure 17 for, can be from the 2 of top or side The direction for providing easy access in individual direction makes power supply terminal be contacted with embedded electrode 1052.

The optical fiber cable 1001 of the Belt connector according to involved by present embodiment, the back casing 1030 of housing 1020 possesses branch Bearing portion 1031, the support 1031 enters towards the radial outside opening of light cable 2 to the busbar 1042 of luminous component 1040 Row support.Luminous component 1040 is carried from radial direction relative to support 1031, therefore assembling becomes easy.

Additionally, in the above-described embodiment, used as the path for being arranged at plate-shaped member, the example for enumerating slit 1043 enters Go explanation, but path can also be from light-emitting component mounting surface to the continuous through hole in face with the mounting surface opposition side. In the case, the electric wire for being inserted into through hole is contacted on substrate top with embedded electrode, electric wire, embedded electrode and luminous unit Part is electrically connected.

In addition, the support 1031 for enumerating the shape of the radial outside opening towards light cable 2 is illustrated, but supporting The shape not limited to this in portion 1031.For example, it is also possible to make support 1031 towards rearward openings, from rear side by luminous component Plate-shaped member is inserted into support and is supported.

In addition, in above-mentioned second embodiment, illustrating embedded electrode 1052 with its outer peripheral face across protective cover The example that the mode of 1050 2 outer surfaces is configured, but the invention is not restricted to the example.Figure 20 is variation institute of the invention The figure corresponding with Figure 17 of the optical fiber cable 1001A of the Belt connector being related to.As shown in figure 20, it is also possible to by embedded electrode 1052A Only it is configured in the way of the 1 of protective cover 1050 outer surface is exposed by its outer peripheral face.In the case, if will embedment electricity The part exposed of pole 1052A is formed as shape more long on the length direction of light cable 2, then easily connect with outer electrode Touch.In addition, the outer peripheral face of embedded electrode 1052A can also be the same face with the outer peripheral face of the resin portion of protective cover 1050.

<3rd implementation method>

Below, the connector being powered using the electric supply installation involved by third embodiment of the present invention is illustrated 2010。

Figure 21 is the sectional view of connector 2010.As shown in figure 21, connector 2010 has：Lock pin 2007, it is to light The front ends of cable 2 are kept；Housing 2020, it keeps to the lock pin 2007；And protective cover, it is from housing 2020 Rear installed.Additionally, in the following description, fore-and-aft direction refers to the axially direction along light cable 2.In addition, front Refer to the end direction of light cable 2.Side refers to the radial direction of light cable 2.

As shown in figure 21, in the inside of lock pin 2007, it is provided with the through hole for running through along its length.In through hole, Insert and be fixed with the glass fibre exposed from the optical fiber baseline 3 of light cable 2.

Housing 2020 possesses procapsid 2021, middle housing 2022 and back casing 2030.Procapsid 2021 and middle housing 2022 house inside it to lock pin 2007.Middle housing 2022 is arranged on the rear of procapsid 2021.

Back casing 2030 is installed on the rear portion of middle housing 2022.At the rear portion of back casing 2030, it is provided with towards rear and opens The support 2031 of mouth.In the support 2031, luminous component 2040 is inserted with from rear side.In addition, in back casing 2030 Rear portion, is provided with the power supply for being through to support 2031 from outside opening 2033a.Power supply opening 2033a is radially oriented outer Side opening.

Figure 22 is the oblique view of luminous component 2040.As shown in figure 22, luminous component 2040 has：Light-emitting component 2041； The circuit substrate 2042 of light-emitting component 2041 is equipped with upper surface；And the terminal 2044 formed on circuit substrate 2042. In addition, being provided through the path 2043 of positive and negative in circuit substrate 2042.

Terminal 2044 is electrically connected with light-emitting component 2041.It is provided with from light-emitting component 2041 that side is prolonged forwards in terminal 2044 The electrode 2044a for the stretching and rear side leading part 2044b extended rearward from light-emitting component 2041.Path 2043 is rear Square side leading part 2044b openings.

Figure 21 is again returned to, in light-emitting component 2041 and than light-emitting component 2041 near the position of rear side, with supporting In the state of the opening 2031a in portion 2031 compared to protruding rearward, luminous component 2040 is inserted into the branch of back casing 2030 Bearing portion 2031.In the state of luminous component 2040 is inserted into support 2031,2 power supply opening 2033a are located at electricity respectively The surface of pole 2044a.Thereby, it is possible to from the outside through by power supply opening 2033a close to electrode 2044a.

The electric wire 4 of light cable 2 is via the path 2043 of circuit substrate 2042 around to the upper surface of circuit substrate 2042.Electric wire 4 are connected using solder, welding or riveting etc. with rear side leading part 2044b.Using electric wire 4, by the one of light cable 2 The light-emitting component 2041 of the connector 2010 that individual end is set and the connector 2010 set in another end of light cable 2 Light-emitting component 2041 is turned on.

Figure 23 is the oblique view at the rear portion of connector 2010.In the periphery at the rear portion of back casing 2030, softness is equipped with Resinous protective cover 2050.Protective cover 2050 is protected at the rear of back casing 2030 to light cable 2, with so that will not be right Light cable 2 acts on bending drastically.Protective cover 2050 is arranged on the rear end of back casing 2030 from rear side, to luminous component 2040 part is covered.

The protective cover 2050 is formed by translucent resin, so that from the light-emitting component 2041 for being arranged at luminous component 2040 The light of injection spreads and to exterior guiding.Additionally, being formed instead of by translucent resin, it is also possible to form protection by transparent resin Cover 2050, in small concavo-convex of its outer surface, inner surface setting, thus makes the light diffusion projected from light-emitting component 2041 and outwards Portion guides.Or, it is also possible to the transparent resin containing photodiffusion material is utilized, protective cover 2050 is formed.

The light cable 2 for being connected with connector 2010 is also as shown in Figure 10, such as light connects in the station of optical-fiber network.At this In the purposes of sample, many light cables 2 are carried out into light connects with the device 100 of high density and connecting object.Therefore, from many light Recognize that specific light cable 2 is extremely difficult in cable 2.

Therefore, the present inventors have discussed the description below, i.e. by using connector described above 2010, make The light-emitting component 2041 of the connector 2010 being connected with specific light cable 2 lights, so as to be easy to be recognized from many light cables 2 Specific light cable 2.

When making the light-emitting component 2041 light, it is necessary to be powered to light-emitting component 2041 via electrode 2044a.But It is that, in the case where making the terminals such as such as lead be powered near power supply opening 2033a, operator needs to hold lead one The side of connector 2010 of side carries out operation, and operator cannot leave from the place.Accordingly, it is difficult to confirm another with what is separate herein The light-emitting component 2041 of the connector 2010 of side it is luminous.

Therefore, the present inventors develop a kind of electric supply installation, and it makes it easy to the connector with intensive configuration The electrode 2044a contacts of 2010 light-emitting component 2041, making the identification operation of specific light cable 2 becomes easy.

Below, the electric supply installation 2100 involved by third embodiment of the present invention is illustrated.

Figure 24 is the oblique view for representing the electric supply installation 2100 combined with connector 2010.As shown in figure 24, electric supply installation 2100 possess housing 2060 and fixture 2090.Housing 2060 is the part that can be combined with the rear portion of connector 2010.Fixture 2090 rears for being arranged on housing 2060, are detachably installed on the rear portion of housing 2060.Housing 2060 and fixture 2090 can be formed by resin etc..

(housing)

Figure 25 is the oblique view of housing 2060.As shown in figure 25, housing 2060 possesses：It is facing with each other and axially extend A pair of terminal resettlement section 2062；And the side wall 2063 for connecting a pair of terminal resettlement section 2062.Housing 2060 is provided with edge Axially extending connector fitting portion 2061.Connector fitting portion 2061 is by a pair of terminal resettlement section 2062 and side wall 2063 The space of formation.The back casing 2030 being set with axially vertical section than connector 2010 of connector fitting portion 2061 Profile it is big.It is middle to contain spring-like terminal 2070 respectively in a pair of terminal resettlement section 2062.

Connector fitting portion 2061 possesses：To the front opening part 2061a of the front openings of axial direction and vertically to side The side opening portion 2061b (example of opening portion) of side opening.Front opening part 2061a and side opening portion 2061b The profile for being set back casing 2030 than connector 2010 is big.

Side wall 2063 is the position for connecting a pair of terminal resettlement section 2062, from the end on observation of light cable 2, terminal is received The end of the side in appearance portion 2062 is connected to each other.In the example in the figures, from the axial rear observation of light cable 2, side wall 2063 are connected to each other the right part of a pair of terminal resettlement section 2062.Therefore, from the axial rear observation of light cable 2, connection Device fitting portion 2061 is open in left side by side opening portion 2061b.

(spring-like terminal)

Figure 26 is the figure for representing spring-like terminal 2070.Figure 26 shows the periphery in the terminal accommodating portion 2062 for having unloaded top The state in portion.Spring-like terminal 2070 is the part from external power source (not shown) to the supply electric power of connector 2010.Spring-like Terminal 2070 is formed by conducting wire, and the conducting wire is the resilient metal wire of tool.In the present embodiment, at 1 2 spring-like terminals 2070 are set in terminal accommodating portion 2062,4 spring-like terminals altogether are provided with housing 2060 2070。

As shown in figure 26, spring-like terminal 2070 possesses：Connecting portion 2071, its end for being arranged on conducting wire Portion；Conducting portion 2072, its another end for being arranged on conducting wire；And winder 2073, it is arranged on the electric conductivity The centre of wire.Conducting portion 2072 is the position for bending conducting wire and being formed.Conducting portion 2072 is configured to from end The terminal protrusion hole 2062a being open to connector fitting portion 2061 of sub- resettlement section 2062 protrudes.Conducting portion 2072 possesses inclination Portion 2071a, rake 2071a leave from positioned at the position of radially inner most towards rear to radial outside.It is not shown Electric wire be connected with connecting portion 2071.Via connecting portion 2071, from external power source to the supply electric power of spring-like terminal 2070.

Housing 2060 possesses the installation portion 2066 that the direction intersected along the axial direction with light cable 2 extends.Winder volume 2073 It is around in installation portion 2066.If the power pressed from the Inside To Outside of radial direction is acted on connecting portion 2071, due to spring-like end Sub 2070 elastic forces of itself, conducting portion 2072 can be to the side shifting of terminal accommodating portion 2062.In addition, not making in the pressing force In the state of diagram, conducting portion 2072 protrudes hole 2062a and is protruded to the side of connector fitting portion 2061 from terminal.

(gate portion)

In the inside of connector fitting portion 2061, it is provided with along the gate portion 2080 of the axial movement of light cable 2.Lock Door portion 2080 has the connector housed to the protective cover 2050 (example at the rear portion of connector) of connector 2010 Resettlement section 2081.Connector resettlement section 2081 is along the axially extending space of light cable 2.

In the inwall in terminal accommodating portion 2062, multiple latching portions 2065 are provided with.In the outer peripheral face in gate portion 2080, set There is convex portion 2083.Abutted with the latching portion 2065 of housing 2060 by the convex portion 2083 in gate portion 2080, so that gate portion 2080 The position of first position described later and the second place is maintained in the inside of connector fitting portion 2061.

(fixture)

Below, the fixture 2090 of electric supply installation 2100 is illustrated using Figure 27 and Figure 28.Figure 27 is the side-looking of fixture 2090 Figure.As shown in figure 27, fixture 2090 possesses handle part 2091 and a pair of pincers portions 2092.Handle part 2091 is that operator holds Position.There is recess 2093 along the axially arranged of light cable 2 in handle part 2091.

A pair of pincers portions 2092 possess the axle portion 2094 that the direction intersected along the axial direction with light cable 2 extends respectively.Each pincers Portion 2092 is swingably installed on the leading section of handle part 2091 centered on axle portion 2094.

A pair of leading sections in pincers portion 2092, the claw 2095 that direction close to each other extends is respectively arranged with.The pawl Portion 2095 is inserted into the recess 2064 (reference picture 25) set in the rear portion of the outer peripheral face in housing 2060.In pincers portion 2092 Rearward end, is formed with press section 2096.Using spring (not shown), a pair of claws 2095 are acted on all the time makes them close to each other Power.

If operator is pressed press section 2096 with hand, claw 2095 is separated from one another, if by hand from pressing Portion 2096 is left, then claw 2095 is close to each other.If in the state for making claw 2095 be inserted in the recess 2064 of housing 2060 Under, operator leaves hand from press section 2096, then fixture 2090 turns into the state for holding housing 2060.

Figure 28 is the top view of fixture 2090.As shown in figure 28, on the direction that the axial direction with light cable 2 intersects, hold Portion 2091 is arranged on from the position of the center deviation in pincers portion 2092.On the direction that the axial direction with light cable 2 intersects, it is arranged at The recess 2093 of handle part 2091 is located near center.

(associated methods of electric supply installation 2100)

Below, using Figure 29 and Figure 30, the method for illustrating to make electric supply installation 2100 be combined with connector 2010.Figure 29 with And Figure 30 shows the section of connector 2010 and housing 2060.Figure 29 shows that connector 2010 is embedded in connector fitting portion 2061, and the state that spring-like terminal 2070 is not turned on the electrode 2044a of connector 2010.Figure 30 shows the shape from Figure 29 State rises and further pushes electric supply installation 2100 forwards, the state that electrode 2044a is turned on spring-like terminal 2070.

First, the light cable 2 that operator will rearward extend from connector 2010 is from the side opening portion of housing 2060 2061b is put into the inside of connector fitting portion 2061, and then makes light cable 2 along the recess 2093 of fixture 2090.

Below, operator inserts a part for connector 2010 from side opening portion 2061b or front opening part 2061a Enter to connector fitting portion 2061.In this condition, operator catches the handle part 2091 of fixture 2090, makes electric supply installation 2100 Advance towards connector 2010.So, connector 2010 is relatively rearward moved in the inside of connector fitting portion 2061.Make After electric supply installation 2100 advances, as shown in figure 29, the protective cover 2050 of connector 2010 is accommodated in the connection in gate portion 2080 Device resettlement section 2081, the rear end face of back casing 2030 is abutted with the front end face in gate portion 2080.

Figure 29 make electric supply installation 2100 combined with connector 2010 it is preceding in the state of, gate portion 2080 be located at connector The front of fitting portion 2061.In the state of shown in Figure 29, the conducting blocking portion 2082 in gate portion 2080 blocks terminal protrusion hole 2062a.Conducting blocking portion 2082 is the position of the plate-like portion for axially extending.Conducting blocking portion 2082 is can be along the longitudinal direction The position moved between hole 2062a and installation portion 2066 is protruded in terminal.Because conducting blocking portion 2082 blocks terminal protrusion hole 2062a, so the conducting portion 2072 of spring-like terminal 2070 is abutted with conducting blocking portion 2082, does not protrude hole 2062a from terminal Protrusion.Therefore, in the state of shown in Figure 29, electrode 2044a and the spring-like terminal 2070 of connector 2010 are not turned on.It is luminous The not lighting of element 2041.Additionally, will be referred to as the position in the gate portion 2080 that spring-like terminal 2070 is not turned on electrode 2044a " second place ".

If from the state shown in Figure 29, being advanced further electric supply installation 2100, then as shown in figure 30, gate portion 2080 are connected device 2010 promotes, and is relatively rearward moved relative to housing 2060 in the inside of connector fitting portion 2061. Conducting blocking portion 2082 is rearward moved compared with terminal protrusion hole 2062a, and terminal protrudes hole 2062a to connector fitting portion 2061 openings.So, the conducting portion 2072 of spring-like terminal 2070 protrudes hole 2062a to connection due to its elastic force from terminal Device fitting portion 2061 protrudes.The conducting portion 2072 of protrusion connects through the power supply opening 2033a and electrode 2044a of connector 2010 Touch.Thus, spring-like terminal 2070 is turned on electrode 2044a, from electric supply installation 2100 to the supply electric power of light-emitting component 2041, hair The lighting of optical element 2041.It is as noted above, the position of spring-like terminal 2070 and the gate portion 2080 of electrode 2044a conductings will be made Referred to as " first position ".

If additionally, from the state shown in Figure 30, operator catches handle part 2091, by electric supply installation 2100 rearward Pull, then with connector resettlement section 2081 in a close state, connector 2010 and gate portion 2080 are integratedly for protective cover 2050 Moved forwards in connector fitting portion 2061.Now, the rake of the front end in gate portion 2080 and spring-like terminal 2070 2071a is abutted.Gate portion 2080 is further set to be moved forwards relative to housing 2060.Then, rake 2071a is by gate portion 2080 front end is promoted, and conducting portion 2072 is moved to radial outside.If the conducting blocking portion 2082 in gate portion 2080 is moved to The position that terminal protrudes hole 2062a is blocked, is then turned on blocking portion 2082 and is abutted with the conducting portion 2072 of spring-like terminal 2070.By This, spring-like terminal 2070 is disconnected with the conducting of electrode 2044a, and light-emitting component 2041 is turned off the light.If further power supply filled Put 2100 rearward to pull, then protective cover 2050 departs from from connector resettlement section 2081, connector 2010 is deviate from from housing 2060.

(effect)

As mentioned above, the electric supply installation 2100 according to involved by present embodiment, housing 2060 have supply connector The chimeric connector fitting portion 2061 in 2010 rear portion, in the rear portion of connector 2010 shape chimeric with connector fitting portion 2061 Under state, spring-like terminal 2070 can be turned on electrode 2044a.

Therefore, it is close to from rear relative to connector 2010 by by electric supply installation 2100, makes electric supply installation 2100 forward Fang Yidong such that it is able to make electrode 2044a be turned on spring-like terminal 2070.It is as noted above, using can be by working space The space at the rear of the connector 2010 for ensuring larger, can power to light-emitting component 2041.Therefore, connector 2010 is made Light-emitting component 2041 is luminous and determining the identification operation of specific light cable 2 becomes easy.

In addition, if using above-mentioned electric supply installation 2100, even if then operator leaves hand from handle part 2091, connector 2010 are not easy to deviate from from connector fitting portion 2061, therefore, it is possible to continue to electrode 2044a with spring-like terminal 2070 Conducting state.Therefore, operator easily makes electric supply installation 2100 be led with the connector 2010 set in an end of light cable 2 It is logical, hand is left from electric supply installation 2100, the light-emitting component of the connector 2010 that confirmation is set in another end of light cable 2 2041 lighting state.

Additionally, the electric supply installation 2100 according to involved by present embodiment, gate portion 2080 possesses connector 2010 The connector resettlement section 2081 that rear portion houses, in the inside of connector fitting portion 2061 axially movably setting along light cable 2 Put.In addition, the gate portion 2080 is set to be moved to first position and the second place, first position is to make spring-like terminal The position that 2070 conducting portion 2072 protrudes to the side of connector fitting portion 2061 and makes spring-like terminal 2070 be turned on electrode 2044a Put, the second place be conducting blocking portion 2082 abutted with conducting portion 2072 and conducting portion 2072 not to the side of connector fitting portion 2061 The position of protrusion.

That is, it is axially moveable by making gate portion 2080, switched conductive state and nonconducting state, therefore without using even Connect the intensive configuration of device 2010 and the space of the side of the small connector 2010 of working space, can be using can ensure that big operation is empty Between the rear of connector 2010 carry out operation, thus workability is good.

Additionally, in the case where gate portion 2080 is not provided with, if making electric supply installation 2100 move along the longitudinal direction, leading Logical portion 2072 holding with contacted around the 2033a of power supply opening in the state of move.Back casing 2030 is being made up of resin In the case of, moreover it is possible to expect the possibility that back casing 2030 is damaged due to metal conducting portion 2072.Therefore, institute as described above Show, be preferably provided with gate portion 2080, being only located at the feelings of the position (first position) of regulation relative to housing 2060 in electrode 2044a Under condition, conducting portion 2072 is set to be protruded from terminal accommodating portion 2062.

In addition, the electric supply installation 2100 according to involved by present embodiment, is provided with gate portion 2080 in housing 2060 It is held in the latching portion 2065 of first position and the second place.Therefore, easily by electrode 2044a and spring-like terminal 2070 Conducting state or nonconducting state are maintained its state with former state.In addition it is also possible to latching portion 2065 is set to gate portion 2080 are only held in any one of first position and the second place.Latching portion 2065 can also be replaced, as shown in figure 31, in shell The inside of body 2060, is set gate portion 2080 all the time towards the spring members 2067 of spring members 2067 of second place pressing.

Figure 31 is the figure corresponding with Figure 29 of the electric supply installation involved by the variation of the 3rd implementation method.Shown in Figure 31 Example in, the rear in gate portion 2080 is provided with the spring members 2067 of the state compressed.Due to the spring members 2067, gate portion 2080 is pressed forwards all the time, and conducting blocking portion 2082 blocks terminal protrusion hole 2062a.

In addition, the electric supply installation 2100 according to involved by present embodiment, in gate portion 2080 relative to housing 2060 When rear, the first position of conducting portion 2072 and electrode 2044a conductings is set to, is moved to than first position in gate portion 2080 During front, the second place that conducting portion 2072 is not turned on electrode 2044a is set to.That is, first position compared with the second place, lock Door portion 2080 is located at the rear of housing 2060.If operator makes housing 2060 be moved forwards towards connector 2010, lock Door portion 2080 retreats relative to housing 2060, can make the lighting of light-emitting component 2041.Therefore, powered operation intuitively and is easily managed Solution.

In addition, the electric supply installation 2100 according to involved by present embodiment, at the rear of housing 2060, being provided with can be free Handling it is installed on the fixture 2090 at the rear portion of housing 2060.Connector 2010 is smaller part.It is fitted together to the small connection The housing 2060 of device 2010 also turns into smaller part.Therefore, operator is not easy directly to catch housing 2060.Therefore, lead to Cross and the big fixture being easy to grasp is set using the big working space at the rear of connector 2010 such that it is able to improve power supply The operability of device 2100.

In addition, the electric supply installation 2100 according to involved by present embodiment, is inserted by making the claw 2095 of fixture 2090 To the recess 2064 of housing 2060, so as to hold housing 2060 by pincers portion 2092.Thereby, it is possible to by by a pair of claws 2095 Axle is rotated against as pivot, fixture 2090 relative to housing 2060.

Therefore, though operator in operation is recognized mistakenly to fixture 2090 to the side that intersects of axial direction with light cable 2 To active force, fixture 2090 is rotated, and the power will not also act on housing 2060 and connector 2010.Therefore, suppress Mistakenly connector 2010 is damaged in identification operation.

Even if in addition, in the case where the space at the rear of connector 2010 is limited, it is also possible to from the oblique of connector 2010 Rear, makes connector 2010 be embedded in housing 2060 using fixture 2090.

The rotation relative to housing 2060 of fixture 2090 is preferably limited to centered on the axial direction of light cable 2 unilateral 15 degree The angle of~45 degree (30 degree~90 degree of both sides) left and right.If too freely rotated, shell is made handle part 2091 is held Body 2060 is difficult to align when moving.On the other hand, if rotation amount is very few, the axle with light cable 2 of fixture 2090 is put on It is difficult to avoid to the power on the direction for intersecting.

In addition, the electric supply installation 2100 according to involved by present embodiment, the axle along light cable 2 is provided with fixture 2090 To the recess 2093 of opening.In operation is recognized, the light that will can be extended from the rear of connector 2010 using recess 2093 Cable 2 rearward extends naturally, is difficult to act on excessive bending force to light cable 2.

<4th implementation method>

Below, the electric supply installation involved by the 4th implementation method is illustrated.In saying for the 4th following implementation method In bright, pair label identical with the 3rd implementation method identical structure division mark and omit the description.

Figure 32 is the exploded perspective view of the electric supply installation involved by the 4th implementation method of the invention.Electric supply installation 2100A Possesses housing 2060A and fixture 2090A.In the present embodiment, gate portion 2080A is arranged on the leading section of fixture 2090A.

(housing)

It is same with above-mentioned 3rd implementation method in housing 2060A, it is provided with and possesses front opening part 2061a and side is opened The connector fitting portion 2061 of oral area 2061b.In addition, in the terminal accommodating portion 2062 of housing 2060A, being provided with spring-like terminal 2070A.In Figure 32, in order to illustrate spring-like terminal 2070A, omit a part of housing 2060A and show, but the omission Part shows in Figure 33 and Figure 34.At the rear portion of the outer peripheral face of housing 2060A, the opening of oriented radial outside opening is set 2069。

(fixture)

Fixture 2090A is detachably arranged at housing 2060A at the rear of housing 2060A.Fixture 2090A possesses handle Hold portion 2091 and the supporting part 2097 protruded forwards from handle part 2091.In the front end of supporting part 2097, gate is provided with Portion 2080A, in gate portion, 2080A is formed with conducting blocking portion 2082.Conducting blocking portion 2082 is the plate for extending along the longitudinal direction The position of shape.It is provided with along the recess 2093 of the axially open of light cable 2 in handle part 2091.

In the rear end of conducting blocking portion 2082, the operating portion extended to radial outside towards the rear of axial direction is provided with 2098.In the centre of the fore-and-aft direction of operating portion 2098, raised the 2099 of oriented radial outside protrusion are set.If operator uses Hand presses operating portion 2098 to radially inner side, then raised 2099 also moved to radially inner side.

Figure 33 is the sectional view of the electric supply installation 2100A shown in Figure 32.Figure 34 is to show for fixture 2090A to be inserted into housing 2060A, and the electric supply installation 2100A of the state that connector 2010 is not combined with electric supply installation 2100A oblique view.Figure 35 It is to show that electrode 2044a is the electric supply installation 2100A of conducting state and the section view of connector 2010 with spring-like terminal 2070 Figure.

As shown in figure 33, the through hole 2068 for running through along the longitudinal direction is provided with housing 2060A.The through hole 2068 sets It is the size that can be inserted for the conducting blocking portion 2082 of gate portion 2080A.

The opening in the front of through hole 2068 is outside to the footpath compared with the terminal in terminal accommodating portion 2062 protrusion hole 2062a Side and the radially inner side opening compared with the installation portion 2066 being supported to spring-like terminal 2070.Therefore, such as Figure 34 institutes Show, if gate portion 2080A to be inserted into the conducting portion of through hole 2068, conducting blocking portion 2082 and spring-like terminal 2070 2072 abut.If further making gate portion 2080A move forwards, as shown in figure 35, conducting blocking portion 2082 can be made The radially inner side of conducting portion 2072 is entered to, conducting portion 2072 is above pushed away to radial outside, conducting portion 2072 introduced into terminal and is received The inside in appearance portion 2062.It is therefore preferable that the front end for turning on blocking portion 2082 is set into conical by its shape.

If the handle part 2091 of operator's holding jig 2090A and conducting blocking portion 2082 is inserted into through hole 2068, fixture 2090A is advanced, then spring-like terminal 2070A and electrode 2044a can be set to nonconducting state.If made Fixture 2090A advances to the position of regulation, then raised 2099 be embedded in the outer peripheral face of housing 2060A to radial outside opening Opening 2069.Thus, relative movements of the fixture 2090A relative to housing 2060A is limited.That is, if keeping making projection 2099 be embedded in opening 2069 in the state of make fixture 2090A retreat, then housing 2060A is also retreated together with fixture 2090A.

(associated methods of electric supply installation)

Below, the method for illustrating to be combined electric supply installation 2100A with connector 2010 using Figure 34 and Figure 35.

First, before electric supply installation 2100A is combined with connector 2010, conducting blocking portion 2082 is inserted into and is run through Hole 2068, makes fixture 2090A advance to conducting blocking portion 2082 relative to housing 2060A and terminal protrusion hole 2062a is covered The position of lid.In this condition, conducting blocking portion 2082 is abutted with the conducting portion 2072 of spring-like terminal 2070A, conducting portion 2072 do not protrude to connector fitting portion 2061.

Below, the state is kept, makes connector 2010 chimeric to connector fitting portion 2061, before making electric supply installation 2100A Enter.In this condition, as shown in figure 35, due to conducting blocking portion 2082 be located at spring-like terminal 2070A and electrode 2044a it Between, so spring-like terminal 2070A and electrode 2044a is nonconducting state.In this condition, light-emitting component 2041 is turned off the light.Will The position that spring-like terminal 2070A and electrode 2044a turns into the gate portion 2080A of nonconducting state is also known as the second place.

From the state, operator's push portion 2098 makes raised 2099 to depart from from opening 2069.Further make fixture 2090A is retreated, and fixture 2090A is extracted out from housing 2060A.Thus, conducting blocking portion 2082 protrudes hole 2062a backward from terminal The conducting portion 2072A of Fang Yidong, spring-like terminal 2070A is protruded due to elastic force to the side of connector fitting portion 2061, conducting portion 2072 turn on electrode 2044a.Thus, the lighting of light-emitting component 2041.This is made the lock of conducting portion 2072 and electrode 2044a conductings The position of door portion 2080A is also known as first position.

In the case where electric supply installation 2100A is unloaded from connector 2010, conducting blocking portion 2082 is inserted into and is run through Hole 2068, housing 2060A is assemblied in by fixture 2090A again.Fixture 2090A is set to advance relative to housing 2060, until fixture Untill raised the 2099 of 2090A are embedded in the opening 2069 of housing 2060A.In raised 2099 states for being embedded in opening 2069 Under, conducting blocking portion 2082 enters the conducting portion 2072A of spring-like terminal 2070A and the terminal protrusion hole in terminal accommodating portion 2062 Between 2062a, spring-like terminal 2070A and electrode 2044a turns into nonconducting state.Thus, light-emitting component 2041 is turned off the light again.

Further, if operator not push portion 2098 and retreat fixture 2090A, be embedded in due to raised 2099 In opening 2069, so housing 2060A is also retreated together with fixture 2090A.Thus, connector 2010 is from housing 2060A's Connector fitting portion 2061 departs from forwards, and the combination of electric supply installation 2100A and connector 2010 is released from.

(effect)

As mentioned above, the electric supply installation 2100A according to involved by present embodiment, housing 2060A have will connection The chimeric connector fitting portion 2061 in the rear portion of device 2010, the rear portion of connector 2010 is chimeric with connector fitting portion 2061 In the state of, spring-like terminal 2070A can be turned on electrode 2044a.

Therefore, be close to from rear relative to connector 2010 by by electric supply installation 2100A, make electric supply installation 2100A to Move in front such that it is able to turn on electrode 2044a and spring-like terminal 2070A.It is as noted above, using can be empty by operation Between ensure larger connector 2010 rear space, light-emitting component 2041 can be powered.Therefore, connector 2010 is made Light-emitting component 2041 it is luminous and determining the identification operation of specific light cable 2 becomes easy.

In addition, if using above-mentioned electric supply installation 2100A, even if then operator leaves hand from handle part 2091, connection Device 2010 is not easy to deviate from from connector fitting portion 2061, therefore, it is possible to continue to electrode 2044a and spring-like terminal 2070A Conducting state.Therefore, operator makes electric supply installation 2100A be led with the connector 2010 set in an end of light cable 2 It is logical, hand is left from electric supply installation 2100A, easily the hair of the connector 2010 that confirmation is set in another end of light cable 2 The lighting state of optical element 2041.

Additionally, the electric supply installation 2100A according to involved by present embodiment, gate portion 2080 is relative to housing 2060A edges The axially movably setting of light cable 2.Gate portion 2080A is set to that first position and the second place can be moved to, the One position is conducting portion 2072 is protruded to the side of connector fitting portion 2061 and spring-like terminal 2070A is led with electrode 2044a Logical position, the second place be located between spring-like terminal 2070A and electrode 2044a, gate portion 2080A and conducting portion 2072 The position for abutting and making conducting portion 2072 not protruded to the side of connector fitting portion 2061.Gate portion 2080A is arranged at fixture 2090A, fixture 2090A is detachably set at the rear of housing 2060A.

That is, it is axially moveable by making gate portion 2080A, so that switched conductive state and nonconducting state, therefore it is unfavorable The space of the side of the small connector 2010 of working space with the intensive configuration of connector 2010, thus workability is good.

In addition, it is same with above-mentioned 3rd implementation method, by gate portion 2080A, only in electrode 2044a relative to housing In the case that 2060A is located at the position (first position) of regulation, conducting portion 2072 is set to be protruded from terminal accommodating portion 2062.Therefore, The possibility that connector 2010 is damaged by spring-like terminal 2070A is smaller.

<5th implementation method>

Below, the electric supply installation 2100C involved by the 5th implementation method is illustrated.In the 5th following implementation method Explanation in, pair label identical with the 3rd implementation method and the 4th implementation method identical structure division mark and omit It is bright.

Figure 36 is to represent the electric supply installation 2100C and connector 2010C involved by the 5th implementation method of the invention Section view oblique view.Compared with the 3rd implementation method, the difference of the manner is：Electrode 2044a is from power supply opening 2033a and company Connect device (back casing 2030C) profile and compare and protruded to radial outside；Do not have gate portion in electric supply installation 2100C；And spring Shape terminal 2070C is plate-shape metal.

In the case where connector 2010C has construction described above, by by conducting portion 2072C to connector fitting portion The bulge quantity of 2061C sides, pre-adjusting is the inside dimensions and connector 2061C less than or equal to connector fitting portion 2061C Back casing 2030C appearance and size difference, so as to can also make conducting portion 2072C and the back casing 2030C non-contiguously will be for Electric installation 2100C is moved and powered along the longitudinal direction.

Additionally, being set to following structures in above-mentioned 3rd implementation method and the 4th implementation method, i.e. in gate portion 2080th, when 2080A is retreated relative to housing 2060,2060A, spring-like terminal 2070 is turned on electrode 2044a, in gate portion 2080th, when 2080A advances relative to housing 2060,2060A, spring-like terminal 2070 turns into nonconducting state with electrode 2044a. But it is also possible in contrast, be set to following structures, i.e. before gate portion 2080,2080A is relative to housing 2060,2060A When entering, spring-like terminal 2070 is turned on electrode 2044a, is retreated relative to housing 2060,2060A in gate portion 2080,2080A When, spring-like terminal 2070 turns into nonconducting state with electrode 2044a.

<6th implementation method>

Below, the optical fiber cable and optical connector involved by the 6th implementation method of the invention are illustrated.

Figure 37 is the side view for representing optical fiber cable and optical connector involved by the 6th implementation method of the invention.Figure 38 It is the exploded view of the optical connector shown in Figure 37.Figure 39 is the sectional view of the optical connector shown in Figure 37.

In the various figures, optical connector 3001 is that the cable-type SC for being provided with light cable 3002 (example of optical fiber cable) connects Connect device.Light cable 3002 has：Optical fiber baseline 3003 (example of optical fiber)；Couple of conductor 3004, they are with across optical fiber The mode of baseline 3003 is set；And crust 3005, it is coated (reference to the optical fiber baseline 3003 and couple of conductor 3004 Figure 42).Detailed construction on light cable 3002, is described later.

As shown in Figure 37 and Figure 38, optical connector 3001 possesses：Lock pin 3006；Plug frame 3007, it is to the lock pin 3006 Kept；Plug casing 3008, it is housed to plug frame 3007；Back casing 3009, after it is with plug casing 3008 Side links, and is linked with plug frame 3007；Cable pressing component 3010, it is assemblied in back casing 3009；Protective cover 3011, It is installed on cable pressing component 3010；And terminal unit 3020, its configuration is in back casing 3009 and cable pressing component Between 3010.

Lock pin 3006 has ferrule body 3014 and is fixed on the flange part 3015 of the ferrule body 3014.In lock pin master Body 3014, in its circumferential central portion, patchhole (not shown) is provided with along the length direction of ferrule body 3014, the patchhole For the glass fibre insertion further exposed from the optical fiber baseline 3003 drawn from light cable 3002.

Plug frame 3007 is hollow part, and lock pin 3006 is kept.Plug frame 3007 links with back casing 3009 And fix.

Between plug frame 3007 and back casing 3009, spring 3024 is configured with.Shape after the assembling of optical connector 3001 Under state, spring 3024 is contained in the inside (reference picture 39) of plug frame 3007.

Back casing 3009 has big cylindrical portion 3025 and is arranged on the small cylindrical portion of the rear side of the big cylindrical portion 3025 3026.The diameter of small cylindrical portion 3026 is smaller than the diameter of big cylindrical portion 3025.In the periphery of small cylindrical portion 3026, outer spiral shell is formed with Line (example of threaded portion) 26A.In small cylindrical portion 3026 along its length, it is formed with for the outer of light cable 3002 Multiple slits 3028 that skin 3005 is fixed.In this example, slit 3028 is circumferentially provided with multiple along small cylindrical portion 3026, Multiple slits 3028 are configured to form so-called collet chuck (collet chuck) construction (reference picture 44) in substantially crosswise.

In back casing described above 3009, cable pressing component 3010 is equipped with.Cable pressing component 3010 is in substantially cylinder Shape, the internal thread 3010A for screwing tight external screw thread 3026A is formed with its inner peripheral portion.Cable pressing component 3010 is with relative to rear The rear side of housing 3009 and the mode that attenuates is formed as cone-shaped.Therefore, the opening diameter of the rear end of cable pressing component 3010 Opening diameter than the front end of cable pressing component 3010 is small.The cable pressing component 3010 is by the small cylinder of back casing 3009 3026 pairs, the shape portion crust of light cable 3,002 3005 is fixed.

In the periphery of cable pressing component 3010, protective cover 3011 is assembled.Protective cover 3011 is after back casing 3009 The part of light cable 3002 is protected in the way of causing not acting on light cable 3002 bending drastically in side.

In the rear side of back casing 3009, terminal unit 3020 is equipped with.As shown in Figure 40 and Figure 41, terminal unit 3020 With metal base portion 3021 and light-emitting component 3022.

Base portion 3021 possesses the 1st base portion 3021A and the 2nd base portion 3021B.1st base portion 3021A and the 2nd base portion 3021B is that This identical shape, configures in the position of point symmetry each other.1st base portion 3021A and the 2nd base portion 3021B possess inwardly respectively The conductor contact 3021a and conductor contact 3021b of side protrusion.Conductor contact 3021a, 3021b with back casing At least 2 in 4 slits 3028 that 3009 small cylindrical portion 3026 is set respectively correspondingly configure.In addition, in this example, bag 3021a containing conductor contact, each base portion 3021A, 3021B of 3021b and the 2 adjacent slits 3028 in multiple slits 3028 Respectively correspondingly configure.

Light-emitting component 3022 is circumferentially arranged between the 1st base portion 3021A and the 2nd base portion 3021B base portion 3021. In this example, can visually confirm the side of light-emitting component 3022 from each direction of the above-below direction of optical connector 3001 Formula, is provided with 2 light-emitting components 3022.

In addition, in base portion 3021,3021B's and carried relative to one another luminous in the 1st base portion 3021A and the 2nd base portion The orthogonal face in the face of element 3022, is provided with external contacts 3023A, 3023B.It is outside when optical connector 3001 is assembled Contact site 3023A, 3023B expose to outside.Therefore, tester etc. is made with external contacts 3023A, 3023B by from outside Electrical contact such that it is able to realize the conducting with base portion 3021.

Below, reference picture 42 illustrates an example of the light cable 3002 for being installed on optical connector 3001.

As described above, light cable 3002 has：Optical fiber baseline 3003；Couple of conductor 3004, they are with across optical fiber baseline 3003 mode is set；And crust 3005, it is coated to the optical fiber baseline 3003 and couple of conductor 3004.

Optical fiber baseline 3003 coats uv-hardening resin (UV trees around the glass fibre with core and covering Fat), its external diameter is set to 250 μm.

Couple of conductor 3004 is arranged respectively at the both sides of optical fiber baseline 3003 when observing in cross-section.Each wire 3004 by For example multiple (being in this example 7) metal wire 3004a stranded twisted wire is constituted.As metal wire 3004a, for example, make With electric conductivity annealed copper wire high.The external diameter of 7 wires 3004a stranded wire 3004 is for example set to be more than or equal to 0.48mm~be less than 0.65mm.That is, wire 3004 is preferably sized to AWG (American Wire Gauge) 24~AWG26. If the external diameter of wire 3004 is thicker than AWG24, the given size on the construction of light cable 3002 cannot be met.In addition, if The external diameter of wire 3004 is thinner than AWG26, then cannot meet the permission pulling force of light cable 3002.

In addition it is also possible to constitute wire 3004 by the metal wire of single line.In the case of the wire 3004 being made up of single line, It is preferred that its external diameter is set to more than or equal to 0.42mm~less than 0.65mm (AWG22~AWG25).

Crust 3005 to being covered around optical fiber baseline 3003 and couple of conductor 3004 is made up of resin.As structure Into the resin of crust 3005, flame-proof polyethylene is particularly preferably used.Go out from the viewpoint of the easy degree of the treatment of light cable 3002 Hair, the Young's modulus of crust 3005 is preferably 5~20Mpa or so.In the periphery of crust 3005, be connected optical fiber baseline 3003 On the direction of the line orthogonal of couple of conductor 3004, a pair of notch 3005a are provided with.At part not comprising notch 3005a The diameter of crust 3005 be about 2mm.It is preferred that a diameter of 1.5mm~2.8mm.Using a pair of notch 3005a, can be from outside The configuration relation of optical fiber baseline 3003 and couple of conductor 3004 is easily grasped, optical fiber baseline 3003 can not be damaged and a pair are led The ground of line 3004 removes crust 3005.

The light cable 3002 for constituting in the above described manner removes crust 3005 and exposes optical fiber base in its end as shown in figure 43 Line 3003 and couple of conductor 3004.The couple of conductor 3004 drawn from light cable 3002 is multiple narrow from what is set in back casing 3009 2 slits 3028 of the above-below direction for being arranged on Figure 44 in seam 3028 are derived to outside.As shown in figure 44, the couple of conductor 3004 with the conductor contact for being set in the 1st base portion 3021A of terminal unit 3020 and the 2nd base portion 3021B respectively In the state of 3021a, 3021b are contacted respectively, fixed by cable pressing component 3010.

Below, illustrate that the optical connector 3001 that will be constituted in the above described manner assembles and light cable 3002 is fixed suitable Sequence.First, plug frame 3007, spring 3024, back casing 3009 and terminal unit 3020 are assembled temporarily, makes light cable 3002 pass through these parts.And then, make light cable 3002 also through cable pressing component 3010 and protective cover 3011.

Then, remove the crust 3005 of the fore-end of light cable 3002 and make optical fiber baseline 3003 and couple of conductor 3004 expose.Then, the glass fibre that will expose from optical fiber baseline 3003 is inserted from the patchhole of lock pin 3006.

Then, move the part for being assembled with plug frame 3007, spring 3024, back casing 3009 and terminal unit 3020 To the position with the optical fiber baseline 3003 for exposing.Also, lock pin 3006 is contained in plug frame 3007.Now, will be from light cable 3002 couple of conductor 3004 exposed are derived from the slit 3028 of back casing 3009 to outside.Thus, as the shape shown in Figure 45 State.

Then, as shown in figure 46, in the 3026 pairs of crusts of light cable 3,002 3005 of small cylindrical portion by back casing 3009 In the state of leading section is covered, make the external screw thread 3026A formed in small cylindrical portion 3026 and cable pressing component 3010 Internal thread 3010A screw tight.Now, due to side that cable pressing component 3010 is attenuated with the rear side relative to back casing 3009 Formula is formed as cone-shaped, thus be provided with the small cylindrical portion 3026 of multiple slits 3028 by cable pressing component 3010 press and to Interior lateral bend.Thus, crust 3005 is sandwiched into small cylindrical portion 3026 and is firmly fixed.

In addition, couple of conductor 3004 is pressed from both sides with the state contacted with terminal unit 3020 to derived from outside from slit 3028 Hold.

Then, protective cover 3011 is assemblied in cable pressing component 3010, and plug casing 3008 is assemblied in plug The periphery of frame 3007 and back casing 3009.Also, by the couple of conductor protruding to the outside of the slit 3028 from back casing 3009 3004 cut-outs.Operated more than, complete the optical connector 3001 shown in Figure 37.

As mentioned above, the optical connector 3001 involved by present embodiment possesses：Back casing 3009, it has in cylinder The slit 3028 of multiple and the external screw thread of the rear end side setting in multiple slits 3028 are provided with the circumference for pressing from both sides construction 3026A；Cable pressing component 3010, it is screwed tight with external screw thread 3026A；And one group of terminal unit 3020, it has luminous unit At least 2 in part 3022, with multiple slits 3028 accordingly configure.

In addition, the light cable 3002 involved by present embodiment possesses：At least 1 optical fiber baseline 3003；Couple of conductor 3004, they are set in the way of across optical fiber baseline 3003；And crust 3005, it is to optical fiber baseline 3003 and couple of conductor 3004 are coated.

Additionally, light cable 3002 possesses optical connector 3001 in its end.Optical connector 3001 possesses one group of terminal unit 3020, there are one group of terminal unit 3020 at least 2 in light-emitting component 3022, with multiple slits 3028 accordingly to configure.

Also, the couple of conductor 3004 drawn from light cable 3002 can respectively be derived from least 2 slits 3028, be passed through External screw thread 3026A is screwed tight to cable pressing component 3010, so that fixed light cable 3002 using the fastening that collet chuck is constructed, and And couple of conductor 3004 and one group of terminal unit 3020 are respectively superposed and are clamped.

According to the structure, in the multiple light cables 3002 to being installed on aftermentioned optic panel 3100 (47~Figure 49 of reference picture) etc. In specific light cable 3002 when being selected, lighted by making light-emitting component 3022 such that it is able to which readily recognizing to select Light cable 3002.For example, optical connector 3001 is installed by the two ends of light cable 3002, if so as to the light of a side The terminal unit 3020 of connector 3001 is powered, then the light-emitting component 3022 of the optical connector 3001 at two ends lights.Thereby, it is possible to 1 corresponding relation at the two ends of light cable 3002 of identification.

In addition, according to present embodiment, after one group of terminal unit 3020 with light-emitting component 3022 is arranged on Such simple structure between housing 3009 and cable pressing component 3010, it becomes possible to which the light with light-emitting component 3022 is provided Cable 3002.It is thus possible to enough miniaturizations for realizing the optical connector 3001 for setting light-emitting component 3022 and number of components Reduction.

In addition, in the present embodiment, couple of conductor 3004 of light cable 3002 is made up of metal wire 3004a, the metal Line 3004a is formed by annealed copper wire.According to the structure, couple of conductor 3004 works as soft tensile members, also, energy Enough conductions successfully carried out between light cable 3002 and terminal unit 3020.

In addition, in the present embodiment, couple of conductor 3004 is by by many wires 3004a stranded twisted wire structure Into.According to the structure, in the couple of conductor 3004 that will expose from light cable 3002 from the slit 3028 of back casing 3009 to outside Derive, when couple of conductor 3004 is fixed using cable pressing component 3010, be prevented from fractureing, breaking for wire 3004.Cause This, in the pull resistance of maintenance couple of conductor 3004, and can improve the operability of light cable 3002.

In addition, in the present embodiment, from the permission pulling force and the construction of light cable 3002 for meeting light cable 3002 Restriction from the viewpoint of, each wire 3004 is sized to AWG24~AWG26.

In addition, in the present embodiment, being diametrically opposed in one group of terminal unit 3020 and multiple slits 3028 2 slits 3028 respectively correspondingly configure.According to the structure, can visually confirm that optical connector 3001 has from either direction Standby light-emitting component 3002.

In addition, in the present embodiment, one group of terminal unit 3020 possesses base portion 3021A, 3021B, each base portion respectively 3021A, 3021B are accordingly configured with the 2 adjacent slits 3028 in multiple slits 3028.According to the structure, even if will be from Couple of conductor 3004 that light cable 3002 is drawn is derived from any slit 3028 in multiple slits 3028, it is also possible to make wire 3004 suitably contact with terminal unit 3020.

In addition, in the present embodiment, one group of terminal unit 3020 possesses can be led from outside by electrical contact respectively Logical external contacts 3023A, 3023B, external contacts 3023A, 3023B are configured to and the hair being oppositely disposed in the circumferential Optical element 3022 is orthogonal.According to the structure, tester etc. is set to be contacted with external contacts 3023A, 3023B by from outside, from And easily light-emitting component 3022 can be powered.

In addition, in the present embodiment, couple of conductor 3004 is made up of metal wire 3004a, metal wire 3004a is by soft copper Line is formed.According to the structure, couple of conductor 3004 works as soft tensile members, further, it is possible to successfully carry out Conduction between light cable 3002 and terminal unit 3020.

Below, reference picture 47~49, illustrate to install the optic panel 3100 of optical connector 3001.Optic panel 3100 is provided in The part of the front surface part of the framework for being referred to as optical fiber cabinet (optical cabinet) or fiber cabling case (not shown).

As shown in figure 47, optic panel 3100 possesses in the panel 3101A as its preceding surface：Multiple connector insert ports 3101 and light-emitting component 3102.

2 connector insert ports 3101 are set to one group by connector insert port 3101, one group of connector insert port 3101 Have side by side multiple (being in this example 12).Inclined state is (in figure when one group of connector insert port 3101 from front to observe It is the state of inclined upward to the right in 47) configuration, one group of connector insert port 3101 each other partly overlapping in the vertical direction Mode arrange.Each light-emitting component 3102 is configured in the vicinity of each connector insert port 3101.In the attached of each light-emitting component 3102 Closely, it is labeled with numbering 1~24.As shown in figure 48, in one group of connector insert port 3101, the connector insert port with a side 3101 corresponding light-emitting components 3102 are configured in the bottom of the connector insert port 3101, with the opposing party's connector insert port 3101 Corresponding light-emitting component 3102 is configured on the top of the connector insert port 3101.

Above-mentioned optical connector 3001 is inserted into each connector insert port 3101 of optic panel described above 3100.Such as Figure 49 It is shown, it is provided with a pair of the wrists 3103 protruded forwards from optic panel 3100.Each wrist 3103 is formed by conductor (metal), its Leading section is bent in mode close to each other.Each wrist 3103 and the optical connector 3001 for being inserted into each connector insert port 3101 External contacts 3023A, 3023B of terminal unit 3020 contact and electrically connect.In addition, the optic panel of the wrist 3103 of a side The end of 3100 sides electrically connects with the light-emitting component 3102 on optic panel 3100.Thus, if the luminous unit of optical connector 3001 The lighting of part 3022, then light-emitting component 3102 corresponding with the connector insert port 3101 for being inserted with optical connector 3001 is also by point Lamp.

According to the structure, light-emitting component 3102 on optic panel 3100 also with the light-emitting component 3,022 1 of optical connector 3001 Lighting is played, therefore, it is possible to more easily carry out the identification of the light cable 3002 that should be selected.In addition, a pair of bending sections of wrist 3103 3104 to sandwich external contacts 3023A, 3023B in the way of contact, therefore prevent from also sending out for coming off for optical connector 3001 Wave effect.Additionally, by the configuration for inserting the connector into mouth 3101 and light-emitting component 3102 is set to shown in Figure 47 such that it is able to The less space that mouth 3101 and light-emitting component 3102 are configured in optic panel 3100 is inserted the connector into, and is prevented from Misidentification and the adjacent corresponding light-emitting component 3102 of connector insert port 3101 side by side.

(embodiment)

For the light cable for using in the present embodiment, the structure of each wire and the relation of tensile strength are determined.

It is using the optical fiber baseline that external diameter is 250 μm and (thick by the AWG20 for constituting the stranded twisted wire of annealed copper wire Footpath)~AWG30 (thin footpath) wire, they are covered using crust, be thus made as shown in figure 42 comprising 2 light of wire Cable.Also, for each light cable, determine tensile strength.Its result is displayed in table 1.

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Table 1

The permission pulling force of the light cable in present embodiment is more than or equal to 98N.In addition, on the construction of light cable, The external diameter (twisted wire footpath) of each wire is set to less than or equal to 0.67mm.According to the above, as shown in table 1, using comprising 2 In the present embodiment of the light cable of root wire, confirm the size of each wire for AWG24~AWG26 is preferable.

Additionally, as shown in figure 50, it would however also be possible to employ following structures, i.e. by the wire 3004 of light cable 3002 from rear shell After the slit 3028 that body 3009 is set is derived, terminal unit 3020 is installed on back casing 3009.

Specifically, first, it is as shown in Figure 50 (a), plug frame 3007, spring 3024 and back casing 3009 is interim Assembling, makes light cable 3002 pass through these parts.And then, make light cable 3002 also through terminal unit 3020, cable press section Part 3010 and protective cover 3011.

Then, the glass fibre further exposed from the optical fiber baseline 3003 exposed from light cable 3002 is inserted into lock pin 3006, lock pin 3006 is contained in plug frame 3007.

Below, the couple of conductor 3004 that will expose from light cable 3002 is led from the slit 3028 of back casing 3009 to outside Go out, then, such as shown in Figure 50 (b), terminal unit 3020 is installed on the rearward end of back casing 3009.Now, in order to by a pair Wire 3004 is clamped between back casing 3009 and terminal unit 3020, base portion 3021A preferably in terminal unit 3020, 3021B, is provided with for the slit (not shown) for the insertion of couple of conductor 3004.

Then, as shown in Figure 50 (c), in the 3026 pairs of crusts of light cable 3,002 3005 of small cylindrical portion by back casing 3009 Leading section covered in the state of, cable pressing component 3010 is installed on back casing 3009, and by light cable 3002 Crust 3005 fix.

Finally, protective cover 3011 is assemblied in cable pressing component 3010, and plug casing 3008 is assemblied in plug The periphery of frame 3007 and back casing 3009, the couple of conductor 3004 protruding to the outside of the slit 3028 from back casing 3009 is cut It is disconnected.Operated more than, complete optical connector 3001A.

It is same with above-mentioned 6th implementation method by the structure, the specific light cable in multiple light cables 3002 3002 when being selected, and is lighted by making light-emitting component 3022 such that it is able to readily recognize the light cable 3002 that should be selected.

In addition, in the above-described 6th embodiment, as light cable 3002, illustrating the structure illustrated in Figure 42, but light The example not limited to this of cable 3002.For example, as shown in figure 51, as light cable 3002A, following structures can also be used, i.e. With optical fibre core 3013, by couple of conductor 3004 for constituting the stranded twisted wires of multiple metal wire 3004a and to light The crust 3005 that fibre core line 3013 and couple of conductor 3004 are coated, and by traction-resistant fibre 3013a to optical fibre core 3013 Around covered.According to the structure, optical fibre core 3013 is protected by by traction-resistant fibre 3013a such that it is able to There is provided resistance to bend(ing) more excellent light cable 3002A.Additionally, as the example of above-mentioned optical fibre core 3013, in optical fiber baseline 3003 periphery cladding flame-proof polyethylene, about 0.9mm is set to by external diameter.

In addition, although omit diagram, but as light cable, additionally it is possible to tensile members are set and in its both sides using in center There are 2 fibre ribbons of optical fibre core side by side, tensile members are set and in the way of to being covered around it by multiple in center Optical fibre core is set to 1 layer or 2 layers optical cable etc..

In addition, in the above-described 6th embodiment, illustrating to be provided with light-emitting component 3022 in optical connector 3001 Terminal unit 3020 example, but be not limited to the example.For example, as shown in figure 52, it would however also be possible to employ following structures, i.e. by In the light cable 3002B that crust 3005 is covered to optical fiber baseline 3003 and couple of conductor 3004, set on crust 3005 There is the light-emitting component 3022A electrically connected with couple of conductor 3004.According to the structure, by the light that will be provided with light-emitting component 3022A Cable 3002B is connected with existing optical connector such that it is able to which being provided with simple structure can readily recognize what should be selected The light cable 3002B with light-emitting component 3022A of light cable 3002B.

In addition, same with above-mentioned 6th implementation method, each wire 3004 of light cable 3002B can also be by annealed copper wire structure Into.According to the structure, each wire 3004 works as soft tensile members, further, it is possible to successfully carry out each wire 3004 and light cable 3002B set light-emitting component 3022A between conduction.

In addition, in the above-described 6th embodiment, illustrate couple of conductor 3004 from multiple slits of back casing 3009 2 slits 3028 that the upper and lower in Figure 44 in 3028 sets up are not limited to the example to example derived from outside.Example Such as, it would however also be possible to employ following structures, i.e. by couple of conductor 3004 from 2 slits 3028 set up in the right and left of Figure 44 Derived to outside.Now, couple of conductor 3004 is divided with the 1st base portion 3021A of terminal unit 3020 and the 2nd base portion 3021B Not Jie Chu in the state of, fixed by cable pressing component 3010.In addition, couple of conductor 3004 can also be from multiple slits 3028 Adjacent 2 slit 3028 respectively to outside derive.It is as noted above, in this example, even if by couple of conductor 3004 from In the case of derived from any slit 3028 in multiple slits 3028, it is also possible to connect with couple of conductor 3004 with terminal unit 3020 Tactile state is fixed, therefore, it is possible to improve free degree when light cable 3002 to be fixed to optical connector 3001.

In addition, in the above-described 6th embodiment, illustrating optical connector 3001, but it is also possible to as matching somebody with somebody in electric wire cable The structure of the electric connector used during line and use the structure of above-mentioned implementation method.According to the structure, using the teaching of the invention it is possible to provide can be easily The electric connector of the electric wire cable that should be selected in the multiple electric wire cables of identification.

In detail and the present invention is described with reference to specific implementation method, but it will be understood by those skilled in the art that can Implement various changes, amendment without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

The application is based on Japanese patent application (Patent 2013-178072), in August, 2013 filed in August in 2013 29 days Japanese patent application (Patent 2013-178076), Japanese patent application (Patent filed in 16 days October in 2013 filed in 29 days 2013-215563), Japanese patent application (Patent 2013-077012), the application of on April 2nd, 2013 filed in 2 days April in 2013 Japanese patent application (Patent 2013-077014), its content is used as with reference to being incorporated herein.

Claims

1. a kind of optical fiber cable of Belt connector, it possesses：

Connector, its front ends for being arranged on the optical fiber cable,

The connector has：

Lock pin, its front ends to the optical fiber keep；

Housing, it keeps to the lock pin；

Protective cover, its rear end that the housing is arranged on from rear side covers at least a portion of the luminous component,

The housing has support, and the support is covered towards rearward openings by the protective cover, and the plate-shaped member is entered Row support,

2. the optical fiber cable of Belt connector according to claim 1, wherein,

The support is from the opening recess that side extends forwards.

3. the optical fiber cable of Belt connector according to claim 2, wherein,

The housing has joint portion, and the joint portion is rearward protruded, and is combined with the protective cover,

The joint portion is provided with the recess.

4. the optical fiber cable of Belt connector according to claim 1, wherein,

The protective cover makes the light diffusion projected from the light-emitting component and to exterior guiding.

5. the optical fiber cable of Belt connector according to claim 1, wherein,

The path for inserting the electric wire is provided with the plate-shaped member.

6. the optical fiber cable of Belt connector according to claim 5, wherein,

The path is through the hole of the plate-shaped member.

7. the optical fiber cable of Belt connector according to any one of claim 1 to 6, wherein,

The plate-shaped member has a pair of terminal being connected with the light-emitting component respectively,

A pair of terminal has respectively：

The power supply opening of front side leading part accessible from the outside is provided with the housing.

8. the optical fiber cable of Belt connector according to claim 7, wherein,

The power supply opening has the inclined plane for extending laterally at least side of fore-and-aft direction.

9. the optical fiber cable of Belt connector according to any one of claim 1 to 6, wherein,

A pair of terminal has respectively：

10. the optical fiber cable of Belt connector according to claim 9, wherein,

The conductive component protrudes laterally compared with the housing.

The optical fiber cable of 11. Belt connectors according to claim 9, wherein,

The conductive component is clipped by the housing and the protective cover.

The optical fiber cable of 12. Belt connectors according to claim 9, wherein,

The plate-shaped member is clipped by the housing and the protective cover.

A kind of 13. connectors, its front ends for being arranged on optical fiber cable, the optical fiber cable possesses in front ends and optical element The optical fiber and at least 2 electric wires of light connects are carried out,

The connector has：

Lock pin, its front ends to optical fiber keep；

Housing, it keeps to the lock pin；

14. connectors according to claim 13, wherein,

The path is through the hole of the plate-shaped member.

A kind of 15. optical fiber cables of Belt connector, it possesses：

Connector, its front ends for being arranged on the optical fiber cable,

The connector has：

Lock pin, its front ends to optical fiber keep；

Housing, it keeps to the lock pin；

In the rear side of the plate-shaped member, it is provided with and continuously leads to from the mounting surface to the face with the mounting surface opposition side Road,

The optical fiber cable of 16. Belt connectors according to claim 15, wherein,

The embedded electrode is set in the way of 2 outer surfaces across the protective cover, and exposes to outside.

The optical fiber cable of 17. Belt connector according to claim 15 or 16, wherein,

The housing has support, and the support enters towards the radial outside opening of the optical fiber cable to the plate-shaped member Row support.

The optical fiber cable of 18. Belt connector according to claim 15 or 16, wherein,

A kind of 19. connectors, its front ends for being arranged on optical fiber cable, optical fiber cable possesses to enter with external equipment in front ends The optical fiber of row light connects and at least 2 electric wires,

The connector has：

Lock pin, its front ends to optical fiber keep；

Housing, it keeps to the lock pin；

In the rear side of the plate-shaped member, it is provided with and continuously leads to from the mounting surface to the face with the mounting surface opposition side Road.

A kind of 20. electric supply installations, it is combined with optical fiber cable connector and to light-emitting component supply electric power, the optical fiber cable connects Device is connect to possess the light-emitting component and turn on and expose on the direction that the axial direction with optical fiber cable intersects with the light-emitting component Multiple electrodes,

The electric supply installation possesses：

Housing, it possesses connector fitting portion, and the rear portion of the connector that the optical fiber cable extends can be with the connector Fitting portion is fitted together to, and the connector fitting portion has the opening portion along the axially open of the optical fiber cable；And

Multiple spring-like terminals, they protrude to the connector fitting portion and can be respectively turned on the multiple electrode,

In the state of the rear portion of the connector is embedded in the connector fitting portion, multiple spring-like terminals can be with Each described electrode conduction.

21. electric supply installations according to claim 20, wherein,

There is gate portion in the connector fitting portion,

The gate portion can be moved to first position and the second place, and the first position is to make leading for the spring-like terminal Logical portion protrudes to the connector fitting portion side and makes the position of the spring-like terminal and the electrode conduction, the second It is the position for being abutted with the spring-like terminal and making the conducting portion not protruded to the connector fitting portion side to put.

22. electric supply installations according to claim 21, wherein,

The gate portion by the inside of the connector fitting portion along the optical fiber cable axial movement such that it is able to institute State first position and second place movement.

23. electric supply installations according to claim 21, wherein,

It is provided with the spring members that the gate portion is pressed to the second place.

24. electric supply installations according to claim 21, wherein,

It is provided with the housing and the gate portion is held at least one of the first position and the second place Latching portion.

25. electric supply installations according to claim 21, wherein,

The first position in the gate portion is relative relative to the housing positioned at the gate portion relative to the second place The rear of position.

26. electric supply installation according to any one of claim 20 to 25, wherein,

With fixture, the fixture is arranged on the rear of the housing, is detachably installed on the rear portion of the housing.

27. electric supply installations according to claim 26, wherein,

The fixture is rotated relative to the direction that the housing can intersect along the axial direction with the optical fiber cable.

28. electric supply installations according to claim 26, wherein,

The fixture is provided with the recess of the axially open along the optical fiber cable.

29. electric supply installations according to claim 20, wherein,

With gate portion, the gate portion by relative to the housing can along the axial movement of the optical fiber cable in the way of set,

The gate portion is configured to be moved to first position and the second place, and the first position is to make the spring-like end The conducting portion of son protrudes to the connector fitting portion side and makes the position of the spring-like terminal and the electrode conduction, described The second place is located between the spring-like terminal and the electrode, is abutted with the spring-like terminal and is made the conducting portion The position do not protruded to the connector fitting portion,