US20020037139A1 - Optical connector - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an optical connector employed to connect optical fibers or the optical fiber and an optical element.
- This optical connector 100 includes a housing main body portion 101 , and a boot body 110 coupled to the rear side of the housing main body portion 101 .
- the housing main body portion 101 is made up of a housing casing portion 102 formed like a casing whose rear side and upper side can be opened, and a housing lid portion 103 fitted to close the upper opening of the housing casing portion 102 .
- the housing main body portion 101 is formed such that ferrule portions 120 fitted to end portions of the optical fiber cores 131 respectively can be arranged and installed therein.
- the boot body 110 is coupled to the rear portion of the housing main body portion 101 in the situation that it holds a pair of optical fibers 130 inserted therein.
- the assembling of the optical connector 100 is carried out as follows.
- a pair of optical fibers 130 are inserted into the boot body 110 and then pulled out forwardly therefrom.
- optical fiber cores 131 are exposed by stripping off covering members at top end portions of the optical fiber cords 130 .
- the exposed top end portions of the optical fiber cores 131 are inserted in the ferrule portions 120 and fixed thereto.
- the ferrule portions 120 are arranged in parallel in the housing casing portion 102 and then the boot body 110 is positioned in the rear opening of the housing casing portion 102 .
- the housing lid portion 103 is fitted to close the upper opening of the housing casing portion 102 .
- a holding piece 104 provided downward vertically from the rear end portion of the housing lid portion 103 is inserted into a slit portion 111 formed at the front end portion of the boot body 110 . Accordingly, the boot body 110 is fixed to and held by the housing main body portion 101 .
- an optical connector comprising a housing main body portion for installing and holding a pair of ferrule portions fitted to top end portions of a pair of optical fiber cores, which are exposed from a top end portion of a two-core optical fiber cord, respectively in a predetermined parallel manner; and a cord receiving portion coupled to a base end side of the housing main body portion, for holding an end portion of a covering member of the optical fiber cord; wherein the housing main body portion includes a housing casing portion formed like a casing whose end side coupled to the cord receiving portion and upper side are opened and which can hold the pair of ferrule portions therein in the predetermined parallel manner, and a housing lid portion for closing an upper opening of the housing casing portion, whereby holding pieces formed on end sides of the housing casing portion or the housing lid portion coupled to the cord receiving portion are inserted into holding-piece passing holes formed in the cord receiving portion at positions between a pair of optical fiber cores that are led from the cord
- the pair of guiding pins in the core-guiding-path forming concave portions are formed at positions, that do not interfere with each other in a coupled state of the cord receiving split members by shifting them in a longitudinal direction of the cord receiving split members, and also have a height to reach inner peripheral surfaces of the core-guiding-path forming concave portions that oppose to each other in the coupled state of the cord receiving split members.
- preferably structures having a same shape and a same size are employed as the pair of cord receiving split members.
- preferably outer peripheral portions of top end portions of the guiding pins are chamfered.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an optical connector according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an assembling step of the above optical connector.
- FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing another assembling step of the above optical connector.
- FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing still another assembling step of the above optical connector.
- FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing yet still another assembling step of the above optical connector.
- FIG. 6A is a plan view of a cord receiving split member
- FIG. 6B is a front view of the cord receiving split member.
- FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing an optical connector in the prior art.
- FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing an assembling step of the optical connector in the prior art.
- FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing another assembling step of the optical connector in the prior art.
- an optical connector 10 is the optical connector which is fitted to an end portion of an optical fiber cord 1 and which is constructed by coupling a housing main body portion 11 and a cord receiving portion 30 .
- a two-core type optical fiber cord in which a covering member 3 is formed around a pair of optical fiber cores 2 is assumed as an optical fiber cord 1 , and a pair of optical fiber cores 2 are exposed over a predetermined length by stripping off the covering member 3 at the end portions previously at the predetermined length.
- a cord disconnection preventing jig 4 in which an externally- extended guard portion 4 b is provided to one end of a cylindrical portion 4 a , is fitted to the end portion of the covering member 3 by the method such as the caulking, etc.
- the disconnection preventing and the holding of the optical fiber cord 1 can be achieved at the receiving portion 30 by using the cord disconnection preventing jig 4 (see FIGS. 2 and 3).
- ferrule portions 5 are fitted to end portions of the optical fiber cores 2 respectively.
- Each of the ferrule portion 5 is constructed such that a guard portion 7 is formed in the almost center portion of a almost cylindrical ferrule main body portion 6 in the longitudinal direction and that a coil spring 8 is wound on the ferrule main body portion 6 on the rear side of the guard portion 7 .
- the optical fiber cores 2 are inserted in and fixed to ferrule main body portions 6 respectively (see FIGS. 2 to 5 ).
- the housing main body portion 11 is composed of a combination of a housing casing portion 12 and a housing lid portion 20 .
- the housing casing portion 12 is formed like a casing whose rear portion (end side coupled to the receiving portion 30 ) and upper portion are opened, and is also formed such that a pair of ferrule portions 5 can be installed therein in a predetermined parallel manner.
- a pair of concave portions 13 into which a rear end portion of the ferrule portion 5 can be installed respectively are formed in the inside of the housing casing portion 12 .
- a pair of connecting cylindrical portions 18 into which the front end portion of the ferrule main body portion 6 can be inserted respectively are formed on the front surface side of a front wall portion 14 so as to protrude there from.
- a protection cover 18 a is formed to cover the connecting cylindrical portions 18 .
- the ferrule portions 5 can be installed in a predetermined parallel manner.
- coil springs 8 that are wound on the rear end portions of the ferrule main body portions 6 are interposed in their compressed state between the guard portions 7 and rear stepped portions of the concave portions 13 respectively.
- the ferrule portions 5 are pushed forward against the housing casing portion 12 .
- the connecting cylindrical portions 18 are guided and inserted into guiding holes of the destination connector.
- the optical fiber cord 1 is positioned in the inside of the optical connector 10 to oppose to an end surface of the optical fiber and a light receiving surface or a light emitting surface of the optical element in the destination connector, and also the optical coupling between them can be established.
- stepped portions 15 a that are lowered downward from upper end surfaces of side wall portions 15 by a thickness of the housing lid portion 20 respectively are formed on the inner surface sides of both side wall portions 15 of the housing casing portion 12 respectively.
- a cylindrical portion 17 a is provided vertically upward from the slightly rear position between the pair of concave portions 13 on an upper surface of a bottom surface portion 17 in the housing casing portion 12 .
- guiding recess portions 15 b are formed along the vertical direction in intermediate portions of inner surface sides of both side wall portions 15 of the housing casing portion 12 in the longitudinal direction. Guiding plate portions 21 (described later) formed on the housing lid portion 20 are inserted into and guided by the guiding recess portions 15 b respectively.
- the housing lid portion 20 is formed like a plate to fit into the upper opening of the housing casing portion 12 .
- the housing lid portion 20 is formed to close/open the upper opening of the housing casing portion 12 in the conditions that it can press down and hold the ferrule portions 5 , that are fitted and arranged in the housing casing portion 12 , therein.
- a pair of guiding plate portions 21 that can be inserted into the guiding recess portions 15 b respectively are provided vertically on both side portions of the lower surface of the housing lid portion 20 .
- the guiding plate portions 21 are inserted into the guiding recess portions 15 b to guide and thus the housing lid portion 20 can be pushed down straightly to close the upper opening of the housing casing portion 12 .
- engaging convex portions (not shown) are formed on end portions of the guiding plate portions 21 and then the engaging convex portions are caused to engage with the housing casing portion 12 side, the housing lid portion 20 can be fitted to and held by the housing casing portion 12 .
- plate-like holding pieces 22 are provided vertically to the rear end portion of the lower surface of the housing lid portion 20 .
- the holding pieces 22 have a length to such extent that they can reach the upper surface of the bottom surface portion 17 of the housing casing portion 12 in the situation that the housing lid portion 20 is fitted into the upper opening of the housing casing portion 12 .
- the holding pieces 22 can be inserted into holding-piece passing holes 31 A h , 31 B h (described later), that are formed in both cord receiving split members 31 A, 31 B of the cord receiving portion 30 , in the situation that the front end portion of the cord receiving portion 30 is fitted to and arranged in the rear opening of the housing casing portion 12 .
- the holding pieces 22 are provided vertically at the almost central position of the housing lid portion 20 in the width direction to pass through between the optical fiber cores 2 that are extended from the cord receiving portion 30 to the housing main body portion 11 .
- the holding pieces 22 are finished like a plate that its thickness is reduced gradually toward its top end side, they can be easily inserted into the holding-piece passing holes 31 A h , 31 B h.
- the cord receiving portion 30 has a flat casing shape whose planar shape is constructed by coupling a base of the trapezoid to one long side of the rectangle as a whole shape.
- the cord receiving portion 30 consists of a pair of cord receiving split members 31 A, 31 B that can be split into two upper and lower pieces along its flat direction (the direction in parallel with the ferrule portions 5 ).
- the cord receiving split members 31 A, 31 B have the same shape and the same size if one of them is turned upside down.
- Cord holding concave portions 32 A, 32 B are formed at the rear portions of the cord receiving split members 31 A, 31 B and core-guiding-path forming concave portions 33 A, 33 B are formed at the front portions of the cord receiving split members 31 A, 31 B.
- the cord holding concave portions 32 A, 32 B include cord passing portion 32 A f , 32 B f each having an almost semicircular peripheral shape in which the covering portion 3 of the optical fiber cord 1 is fitted, and groove portions 32 A a , 32 B a which are formed at front end portions of the cord passing portion 32 A f , 32 B f and into which the guard portion 4 b of the cord disconnection preventing jig 4 can be fitted.
- the cord receiving split members 31 A, 31 B are coupled with each other by arranging the end portions of the covering portion 3 of the optical fiber cord 1 between the cord holding concave portions 32 A, 32 B to fit the guard portions 4 b into the groove portions 32 A a , 32 B a , the optical fiber cord 1 can be held by the cord receiving portion 30 not to disconnect therefrom.
- the core-guiding-path forming concave portions 33 A, 33 B are formed like the groove that extends successively to the front of the cord passing portion 32 A f , 32 B f .
- the core-guiding-path forming concave portions 33 A, 33 B have a semi-elliptic sectional shape that is flat in the width direction of the cord receiving portion 30 , and the groove width is formed to extend gradually forward in the width direction of the cord receiving portion 30 .
- outer surfaces of the front end portions of the cord receiving split members 31 A, 31 B are formed to slightly become depressed to the inside rather than the rear side portions, and thus are installed into the rear end portion of the housing casing portion 12 .
- the holding-piece passing holes 31 A h , 31 B h into which the holding pieces 22 are inserted are formed at the center portion of the front end portions (portions corresponding to the core-guiding- path forming concave portions 33 A, 33 B) of the cord receiving split members 31 A, 31 B in the width direction.
- the holding pieces 22 are inserted into the holding-piece passing hole 31 B h of the upper cord receiving split member 31 B and then are inserted into the holding-piece passing hole 31 A h of the lower cord receiving split member 31 A to pass through the center area of the space formed between the core-guiding-path forming concave portions 33 A, 33 B in the width direction. Accordingly, the coupling state between the housing main body portion 11 and the cord receiving portion 30 can be held.
- a pair of guiding pins 34 A, 34 B that are directed to the inner peripheral surfaces of the mutually-opposed core-guiding-path forming concave portions 33 A, 33 B are provided to the core-guiding-path forming concave portions 33 A, 33 B respectively to protrude therefrom.
- a pair of guiding pins 34 A, 34 B of the core-guiding-path forming concave portions 33 A, 33 B are provided at positions near both side portions of the holding-piece passing holes 31 A h , 31 B h to protrude there from.
- the guiding pins 34 A, 34 B have a function of guiding a pair of optical fiber cores 2 that are extended from the top end portion of the optical fiber cords 1 to put in two portions on both sides of the holding- piece passing holes 31 A h , 31 B h and also guiding them to the positions at which they do not interfere with the holding pieces 22 to be inserted into the holding-piece passing holes 31 A h , 31 B h (see a dot-dash line in FIG. 6A).
- a pair of guiding pins 34 A, 34 B of the core guiding-path forming concave portions 33 A, 33 B are provided at positions, that are shifted to the longitudinal direction of the holding-piece passing holes 31 A h , 31 B h along the axis direction of the cord receiving portion 3 O, to protrude there from.
- a pair of guiding pins 34 A on the cord receiving split member 31 A side and a pair of guiding pins 34 B on the cord receiving split member 31 B side are positioned not to interfere mutually.
- the optical fiber cores 2 can be guided more surely by any of a pair of guiding pins 34 A or a pair of guiding pins 34 B.
- the above guiding pins 34 A, 34 B are formed like a substantially circular cylinder and also outer circular peripheral portions of their top end portions are chamfered. Therefore, even if the top end portions of the guiding pins 34 A, 34 B are brought into contact with the optical fiber cores 2 at the time when the cord receiving split members 31 A, 31 B are coupled with each other, the optical fiber cores 2 contact to slide along the chamfered outer circular peripheral portions of the top end portions of the above guiding pins 34 A, 34 B and escape smoothly to the out side.
- engaging pieces 35 A, 35 B having engaging holes 35 A h , 35 B h are formed on one side portion of the rear end portions of the cord receiving split members 31 A, 31 B.
- engaging convex portions 36 A, 36 B which can engage with engaging holes 35 A h , 35 B h in the engaging pieces 35 A, 35 B are formed on the other side portion of the rear end portions of the cord receiving split members 31 A, 31 B.
- the engaging piece 35 A of the cord receiving split member 31 A positioned on one side is caused to engage with the engaging convex portion 36 B of the cord receiving split member 31 B positioned on the other side, and also the engaging piece 35 B of the cord receiving split member 31 B positioned on the other side is caused to engage with the engaging convex portion 36 A of the cord receiving split member 31 A positioned on one side, so that the coupling mode of both cord receiving split members 31 A, 31 B can be maintained.
- two positioning convex portions 38 A, 38 B and two positioning concave portions 39 A, 39 B are formed at four outer peripheral portions on coupled surfaces of the cord receiving split members 31 A, 31 B respectively.
- the positioning convex portions 38 A, 38 B are formed at the rear position of one side portion (the right side portion in FIG. 6A) of the cord receiving split members 31 A, 31 B and the front position of the other side portion (the left side portion in FIG. 6B) respectively.
- the positioning concave portions 39 A, 39 B are formed at the front position of one side portion of the cord receiving split members 31 A, 31 B and the rear position of the other side portion respectively.
- the positioning convex portions 38 A, 38 B of the cord receiving split members 31 A, 31 B are inserted into the positioning concave portions 39 A, 39 B of the cord receiving split members 31 A, 31 B on the opposite side respectively, so that the relative positioning between the cord receiving split members 31 A, 31 B can be achieved.
- optical connector 10 constructed as above is assembled as described in the following.
- a pair of optical fiber cores 2 are exposed over a predetermined length by stripping off the covering member 3 at the end portion of the optical fiber cord 1 , and the cord disconnection preventing jig 4 is fitted to the end portion of the covering member 3 , and the ferrule portion 5 is fitted to the end portion of the optical fiber core 2 .
- the end portion of the covering member 3 of the optical fiber cord 1 is set in the cord holding concave portion 32 A on the cord receiving split member 31 A on one side by putting the guard portion 4 b of the cord disconnection preventing jig 4 into the groove portion 32 A a of the cord holding concave portion 32 A.
- a pair of optical fiber cores 2 extended to the end portion of the optical fiber cord 1 are guided to engage with a pair of guiding pins 34 A formed in the cord receiving split member 31 A from the outside, and then are branched like the Y-shape to separate a pair of optical fiber cores 2 into both sides.
- the ferrule portions 5 are installed and held in the housing main body portion 11 in the parallel fashion and also the holding pieces 22 are passed between the optical fiber cores 2 in the space formed between the core-guiding-path forming concave portions 33 A, 33 B from the holding-piece passing hole 31 B h and then inserted into the holding-piece passing hole 31 A h .
- the housing main body portion 11 and the cord receiving portion 30 can be held in their coupling state.
- a pair of guiding pins 34 A, 34 B that are provided to project toward the mutually-opposed core-guiding-path forming concave portions 33 A, 33 B and to guide a pair of optical fiber cores 2 extended from the top end portion of the optical fiber cord 1 to the positions at which they do not interfere with the holding pieces 22 are formed in the core-guiding-path forming concave portions 33 A, 33 B. Therefore, such a situation can be eliminated that the holding pieces 22 are pushed strongly against the optical fiber cores 2 in the assembling steps and accordingly the damage of the optical fiber cores 2 because of the pushing-down of the holding pieces 22 can be prevented.
- the outer circular peripheral portions of their top end portions of the guiding pins 34 A, 34 B are chamfered. Therefore, even if the top end portions of the guiding pins 34 A, 34 B are brought into contact with the optical fiber cores 2 in the assembling, the optical fiber cores 2 can be easily moved to escape smoothly to the side portion and thus the damage of the optical fiber cores 2 can be prevented more firmly.
- a pair of guiding pins 34 A, 34 B in the core-guiding-path forming concave portions 33 A, 33 B are shifted in the longitudinal direction of the cord receiving portion 30 , they can be formed at the positions at which they do not interfere with a pair of guiding pins 34 A, 34 B in the opposed core-guiding-path forming concave portions 33 A, 33 B.
- the cord receiving split members 31 A, 31 B can be formed to have the same shape and the same size. As a result, both the cord receiving split members 31 A, 31 B can be formed by using the same mold, and thus the production cost can be reduced.
- the guiding pins 34 A, 34 B are formed at the positions at which they are shifted in the longitudinal direction of the cord receiving portion 30 . Therefore, since the projection lengths of the guiding pins 34 A, 34 B can be set sufficiently large to reach the inner peripheral surfaces of the core-guiding-path forming concave portions 33 A, 33 B on the opposed destination side, the guiding pins 34 A, 34 B can guide more surely the optical fiber cores 2 .
- the holding pieces 22 are formed on the housing lid portion 20 . But the holding pieces 22 may be formed on the housing casing portion 12 side.
- the housing main body portion includes a housing casing portion formed like a casing whose end side coupled to the cord receiving portion and upper side are opened and which can hold the pair of ferrule portions therein in the predetermined parallel manner, and a housing lid portion for closing an upper opening of the housing casing portion, whereby holding pieces formed on end sides of the housing casing portion or the housing lid portion coupled to the cord receiving portion are inserted into holding-piece passing holes formed in the cord receiving portion at positions between a pair of optical fiber cores that are led from the cord receiving portion to the housing main body portion such that a coupled state between the housing main body portion and the cord receiving portion is maintained, and the cord receiving portion includes a pair of cord receiving split members each having cord holding concave portions for receiving and holding an end portion of a covering portion of the optical fiber cord respectively and core-guiding-path forming concave portions for leading the pair of optical fiber cores, that are extended from a top end portion of the optical fiber cord received
- the pair of guiding pins in the core-guiding-path forming concave portions are formed at positions, that do not interfere with each other in a coupled state of the cord receiving split members by shifting them in a longitudinal direction of the cord receiving split members, and also have a height to reach inner peripheral surfaces of the core-guiding-path forming concave portions that oppose to each other in the coupled state of the cord receiving split members. Therefore, the optical fiber cord can be guided more surely, and also the cord receiving split members can be formed to have the same shape and the same size.
- the cord receiving split members can be formed easily by the same mold.
- outer peripheral portions of top end portions of the guiding pins are chamfered. Therefore, even if the top end portions of the guiding pins are brought into contact with the optical fiber cores, the optical fiber cores are moved slightly to escape to the side portion and thus the damage of the optical fiber cores can be prevented more firmly.
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- 1. Field of the Invention
- The present invention relates to an optical connector employed to connect optical fibers or the optical fiber and an optical element.
- 2. Description of the Related Art
- In the prior art, there are the optical connectors shown in FIGS.7 to 9 as the two-core optical connector.
- This
optical connector 100 includes a housingmain body portion 101, and aboot body 110 coupled to the rear side of the housingmain body portion 101. - The housing
main body portion 101 is made up of ahousing casing portion 102 formed like a casing whose rear side and upper side can be opened, and ahousing lid portion 103 fitted to close the upper opening of thehousing casing portion 102. The housingmain body portion 101 is formed such thatferrule portions 120 fitted to end portions of theoptical fiber cores 131 respectively can be arranged and installed therein. Also, theboot body 110 is coupled to the rear portion of the housingmain body portion 101 in the situation that it holds a pair ofoptical fibers 130 inserted therein. - The assembling of the
optical connector 100 is carried out as follows. - First, a pair of
optical fibers 130 are inserted into theboot body 110 and then pulled out forwardly therefrom. Then,optical fiber cores 131 are exposed by stripping off covering members at top end portions of theoptical fiber cords 130. Then, the exposed top end portions of theoptical fiber cores 131 are inserted in theferrule portions 120 and fixed thereto. Then, theferrule portions 120 are arranged in parallel in thehousing casing portion 102 and then theboot body 110 is positioned in the rear opening of thehousing casing portion 102. In this state, thehousing lid portion 103 is fitted to close the upper opening of thehousing casing portion 102. At this time, aholding piece 104 provided downward vertically from the rear end portion of thehousing lid portion 103 is inserted into aslit portion 111 formed at the front end portion of theboot body 110. Accordingly, theboot body 110 is fixed to and held by the housingmain body portion 101. - Meanwhile, in the
optical connector 100 described above, in the case that the two-core optical connector in which the covering member is formed around a pair of optical fiber cores is employed, a pair of optical fiber cores exposed at the top end side of the optical fiber cords are moved toward the center of theboot body 110 in the width direction when theboot body 110 is fitted into the rear opening of thehousing casing portion 102 in the situation that the optical fiber cords are inserted into theboot body 110. Therefore, there is the possibility that, when thehousing lid portion 103 is fitted to close the upper opening of thehousing casing portion 102, top end portion of theholding piece 104 is pushed against the optical fiber cores by the strong force and thus the optical fiber cores are damaged. - Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide an optical connector capable of preventing damage of optical fiber cores in assembling steps.
- To achieve the above object, according to a first aspect of the invention, there is provided an optical connector comprising a housing main body portion for installing and holding a pair of ferrule portions fitted to top end portions of a pair of optical fiber cores, which are exposed from a top end portion of a two-core optical fiber cord, respectively in a predetermined parallel manner; and a cord receiving portion coupled to a base end side of the housing main body portion, for holding an end portion of a covering member of the optical fiber cord; wherein the housing main body portion includes a housing casing portion formed like a casing whose end side coupled to the cord receiving portion and upper side are opened and which can hold the pair of ferrule portions therein in the predetermined parallel manner, and a housing lid portion for closing an upper opening of the housing casing portion, whereby holding pieces formed on end sides of the housing casing portion or the housing lid portion coupled to the cord receiving portion are inserted into holding-piece passing holes formed in the cord receiving portion at positions between a pair of optical fiber cores that are led from the cord receiving portion to the housing main body portion such that a coupled state between the housing main body portion and the cord receiving portion is maintained, and the cord receiving portion includes a pair of cord receiving split members each having cord holding concave portions for receiving and holding an end portion of a covering portion of the optical fiber cord respectively and core-guiding-path forming concave portions for leading the pair of optical fiber cores, that are extended from a top end portion of the optical fiber cord received and held in the cord holding concave portions, to an outside, and the holding-piece passing holes into which the holding pieces are passed there through are formed at portions that correspond to the core-guiding-path forming concave portions in the cord receiving split members, and a pair of guiding pins for guiding the pair of optical fiber cores, that are extended from a top end portion of the optical fiber cord received and held in the cord holding concave portions, to positions not to interfere with the holding pieces, that are inserted into the holding-piece passing holes to pass through a space between the core-guiding-path forming concave portions, are provided to the core-guiding-path forming concave portions to protrude therefrom.
- Also, according to a second aspect of the invention, preferably the pair of guiding pins in the core-guiding-path forming concave portions are formed at positions, that do not interfere with each other in a coupled state of the cord receiving split members by shifting them in a longitudinal direction of the cord receiving split members, and also have a height to reach inner peripheral surfaces of the core-guiding-path forming concave portions that oppose to each other in the coupled state of the cord receiving split members.
- Also, according to a third aspect of the invention, preferably structures having a same shape and a same size are employed as the pair of cord receiving split members.
- In addition, according to a fourth aspect of the invention, preferably outer peripheral portions of top end portions of the guiding pins are chamfered.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an optical connector according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an assembling step of the above optical connector.
- FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing another assembling step of the above optical connector.
- FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing still another assembling step of the above optical connector.
- FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing yet still another assembling step of the above optical connector.
- FIG. 6A is a plan view of a cord receiving split member, and FIG. 6B is a front view of the cord receiving split member.
- FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing an optical connector in the prior art.
- FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing an assembling step of the optical connector in the prior art.
- FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing another assembling step of the optical connector in the prior art.
- An optical connector according to an embodiment of the present invention will be explained hereinafter.
- As shown in FIGS.1 to 5, an
optical connector 10 is the optical connector which is fitted to an end portion of anoptical fiber cord 1 and which is constructed by coupling a housingmain body portion 11 and acord receiving portion 30. - Here, a two-core type optical fiber cord in which a covering
member 3 is formed around a pair ofoptical fiber cores 2 is assumed as anoptical fiber cord 1, and a pair ofoptical fiber cores 2 are exposed over a predetermined length by stripping off the coveringmember 3 at the end portions previously at the predetermined length. Also, a corddisconnection preventing jig 4, in which an externally- extendedguard portion 4 b is provided to one end of a cylindrical portion 4 a, is fitted to the end portion of the coveringmember 3 by the method such as the caulking, etc. As described in detail later, the disconnection preventing and the holding of theoptical fiber cord 1 can be achieved at the receivingportion 30 by using the cord disconnection preventing jig 4 (see FIGS. 2 and 3). In addition,ferrule portions 5 are fitted to end portions of theoptical fiber cores 2 respectively. Each of theferrule portion 5 is constructed such that a guard portion 7 is formed in the almost center portion of a almost cylindrical ferrule main body portion 6 in the longitudinal direction and that acoil spring 8 is wound on the ferrule main body portion 6 on the rear side of the guard portion 7. Then, theoptical fiber cores 2 are inserted in and fixed to ferrule main body portions 6 respectively (see FIGS. 2 to 5). - As shown in FIGS. 1, 4 and5, the housing
main body portion 11 is composed of a combination of ahousing casing portion 12 and ahousing lid portion 20. - The
housing casing portion 12 is formed like a casing whose rear portion (end side coupled to the receiving portion 30) and upper portion are opened, and is also formed such that a pair offerrule portions 5 can be installed therein in a predetermined parallel manner. - More particularly, a pair of
concave portions 13 into which a rear end portion of theferrule portion 5 can be installed respectively are formed in the inside of thehousing casing portion 12. Also, a pair of connectingcylindrical portions 18 into which the front end portion of the ferrule main body portion 6 can be inserted respectively are formed on the front surface side of afront wall portion 14 so as to protrude there from. Also, aprotection cover 18 a is formed to cover the connectingcylindrical portions 18. Then, when rear end portions of theferrule portions 5 are pushed into theconcave portions 13 such that the front end portions of the ferrule main body portions 6 can be inserted into the connectingcylindrical portions 18 from the inside of thehousing casing portion 12, theferrule portions 5 can be installed in a predetermined parallel manner. At this time,coil springs 8 that are wound on the rear end portions of the ferrule main body portions 6 are interposed in their compressed state between the guard portions 7 and rear stepped portions of theconcave portions 13 respectively. As a result, theferrule portions 5 are pushed forward against thehousing casing portion 12. When the presentoptical connector 10 is connected to the destination connector (not shown), the connectingcylindrical portions 18 are guided and inserted into guiding holes of the destination connector. Thus, theoptical fiber cord 1 is positioned in the inside of theoptical connector 10 to oppose to an end surface of the optical fiber and a light receiving surface or a light emitting surface of the optical element in the destination connector, and also the optical coupling between them can be established. - Also, stepped
portions 15 a that are lowered downward from upper end surfaces ofside wall portions 15 by a thickness of thehousing lid portion 20 respectively are formed on the inner surface sides of bothside wall portions 15 of thehousing casing portion 12 respectively. Also, a cylindrical portion 17 a is provided vertically upward from the slightly rear position between the pair ofconcave portions 13 on an upper surface of abottom surface portion 17 in thehousing casing portion 12. Then, when thehousing lid portion 20 is fitted to the upper opening of thehousing casing portion 12, a lower surface of thehousing lid portion 20 comes into contact with thestepped portions 15 a on both sides and also a substantially central lower surface of thehousing lid portion 20 comes into contact with a top end surface of the cylindrical portion 17 a, so that the downward drop and the deflective deformation of thehousing lid portion 20 can be prevented. - Also, guiding
recess portions 15 b are formed along the vertical direction in intermediate portions of inner surface sides of bothside wall portions 15 of thehousing casing portion 12 in the longitudinal direction. Guiding plate portions 21 (described later) formed on thehousing lid portion 20 are inserted into and guided by the guidingrecess portions 15 b respectively. - Also, the
housing lid portion 20 is formed like a plate to fit into the upper opening of thehousing casing portion 12. Thehousing lid portion 20 is formed to close/open the upper opening of thehousing casing portion 12 in the conditions that it can press down and hold theferrule portions 5, that are fitted and arranged in thehousing casing portion 12, therein. - A pair of guiding
plate portions 21 that can be inserted into the guidingrecess portions 15 b respectively are provided vertically on both side portions of the lower surface of thehousing lid portion 20. When thehousing lid portion 20 is fitted to the upper opening of thehousing casing portion 12, the guidingplate portions 21 are inserted into the guidingrecess portions 15 b to guide and thus thehousing lid portion 20 can be pushed down straightly to close the upper opening of thehousing casing portion 12. In this case, for example, if engaging convex portions (not shown) are formed on end portions of the guidingplate portions 21 and then the engaging convex portions are caused to engage with thehousing casing portion 12 side, thehousing lid portion 20 can be fitted to and held by thehousing casing portion 12. - Also, plate-
like holding pieces 22 are provided vertically to the rear end portion of the lower surface of thehousing lid portion 20. The holdingpieces 22 have a length to such extent that they can reach the upper surface of thebottom surface portion 17 of thehousing casing portion 12 in the situation that thehousing lid portion 20 is fitted into the upper opening of thehousing casing portion 12. Also, the holdingpieces 22 can be inserted into holding-piece passing holes 31Ah, 31Bh (described later), that are formed in both cord receivingsplit members cord receiving portion 30, in the situation that the front end portion of thecord receiving portion 30 is fitted to and arranged in the rear opening of thehousing casing portion 12. In addition, the holdingpieces 22 are provided vertically at the almost central position of thehousing lid portion 20 in the width direction to pass through between theoptical fiber cores 2 that are extended from thecord receiving portion 30 to the housingmain body portion 11. - In the present embodiment, since the holding
pieces 22 are finished like a plate that its thickness is reduced gradually toward its top end side, they can be easily inserted into the holding-piece passing holes 31Ah, 31Bh. - As shown in FIGS.1 to 6, the
cord receiving portion 30 has a flat casing shape whose planar shape is constructed by coupling a base of the trapezoid to one long side of the rectangle as a whole shape. Thecord receiving portion 30 consists of a pair of cord receivingsplit members - The cord receiving
split members concave portions split members concave portions split members - The cord holding
concave portions portion 3 of theoptical fiber cord 1 is fitted, and groove portions 32Aa, 32Ba which are formed at front end portions of the cord passing portion 32Af, 32Bf and into which theguard portion 4 b of the corddisconnection preventing jig 4 can be fitted. - Then, if the cord receiving
split members portion 3 of theoptical fiber cord 1 between the cord holdingconcave portions guard portions 4 b into the groove portions 32Aa, 32Ba, theoptical fiber cord 1 can be held by thecord receiving portion 30 not to disconnect therefrom. - The core-guiding-path forming
concave portions concave portions cord receiving portion 30, and the groove width is formed to extend gradually forward in the width direction of thecord receiving portion 30. Then, in the state that a pair of cord receivingsplit members optical fiber cores 2 that are exposed from the end portions of theoptical fiber cords 1, which are held in the cord holdingconcave portions cord receiving portion 30 while expanding like an almost Y-shape in the width direction to pass through between the core-guiding-path formingconcave portions - Also, outer surfaces of the front end portions of the cord receiving
split members housing casing portion 12. Also, the holding-piece passing holes 31Ah, 31Bh into which the holdingpieces 22 are inserted are formed at the center portion of the front end portions (portions corresponding to the core-guiding- path formingconcave portions split members split members housing lid portion 20 is fitted into the upper opening of thehousing casing portion 12 in the state that the front end portion of thecord receiving portion 30 is fitted into the rear opening of thehousing casing portion 12, the holdingpieces 22 are inserted into the holding-piece passing hole 31Bh of the upper cord receivingsplit member 31B and then are inserted into the holding-piece passing hole 31Ah of the lower cord receivingsplit member 31A to pass through the center area of the space formed between the core-guiding-path formingconcave portions main body portion 11 and thecord receiving portion 30 can be held. - Also, a pair of guiding
pins concave portions concave portions pins concave portions optical fiber cores 2 that are extended from the top end portion of theoptical fiber cords 1 to put in two portions on both sides of the holding- piece passing holes 31Ah, 31Bh and also guiding them to the positions at which they do not interfere with the holdingpieces 22 to be inserted into the holding-piece passing holes 31Ah, 31Bh (see a dot-dash line in FIG. 6A). - Also, a pair of guiding
pins concave portions split members pins 34A on the cord receivingsplit member 31A side and a pair of guidingpins 34B on the cord receivingsplit member 31B side are positioned not to interfere mutually. Then, if the guiding pins 34A, 34B are finished to have such a height that reaches inner peripheral surfaces of the mutually-opposed core-guiding-path formingconcave portions optical fiber cores 2 can be guided more surely by any of a pair of guidingpins 34A or a pair of guidingpins 34B. - In this case, the above guiding pins34A, 34B are formed like a substantially circular cylinder and also outer circular peripheral portions of their top end portions are chamfered. Therefore, even if the top end portions of the guiding pins 34A, 34B are brought into contact with the
optical fiber cores 2 at the time when the cord receivingsplit members optical fiber cores 2 contact to slide along the chamfered outer circular peripheral portions of the top end portions of the above guiding pins 34A, 34B and escape smoothly to the out side. - Also, engaging
pieces split members convex portions pieces split members split members piece 35A of the cord receivingsplit member 31A positioned on one side is caused to engage with the engagingconvex portion 36B of the cord receivingsplit member 31B positioned on the other side, and also theengaging piece 35B of the cord receivingsplit member 31B positioned on the other side is caused to engage with the engagingconvex portion 36A of the cord receivingsplit member 31A positioned on one side, so that the coupling mode of both cord receivingsplit members - In addition, two positioning
convex portions concave portions split members convex portions split members concave portions split members split members convex portions split members concave portions split members split members - The
optical connector 10 constructed as above is assembled as described in the following. - First, as shown in FIG. 2, a pair of
optical fiber cores 2 are exposed over a predetermined length by stripping off the coveringmember 3 at the end portion of theoptical fiber cord 1, and the corddisconnection preventing jig 4 is fitted to the end portion of the coveringmember 3, and theferrule portion 5 is fitted to the end portion of theoptical fiber core 2. Then, the end portion of the coveringmember 3 of theoptical fiber cord 1 is set in the cord holdingconcave portion 32A on the cord receivingsplit member 31A on one side by putting theguard portion 4 b of the corddisconnection preventing jig 4 into the groove portion 32Aa of the cord holdingconcave portion 32A. At this time, a pair ofoptical fiber cores 2 extended to the end portion of theoptical fiber cord 1 are guided to engage with a pair of guidingpins 34A formed in the cord receivingsplit member 31A from the outside, and then are branched like the Y-shape to separate a pair ofoptical fiber cores 2 into both sides. When a pair of cord receivingsplit members members 3 of theoptical fiber cords 1 are installed in and held by the cord holdingconcave portion optical fiber cores 2 exposed from the end portions of theoptical fiber cords 1 are led in front of thecord receiving portion 30 to avoid the space between the holding-piece passing holes 31Ah, 31Bh. In this manner, the engagingconvex portions pieces members 3 of theoptical fiber cords 1 are installed and held between the cord receivingsplit members split members - Next, as shown in FIG. 4, when the rear end portions of the
ferrule portions 5 are pushed into theconcave portions 13 by inserting the top end portions of theferrule portions 5 into the connectingcylindrical portions 18 from the inside of thehousing casing portion 12, theferrule portions 5 can be fitted and arranged in thehousing casing portion 12 in the predetermined parallel manner. Then, when the front end portion of thecord receiving portion 30 is arranged in the rear opening of thehousing casing portion 12 and then thehousing lid portion 20 is fitted to close the upper opening of thehousing casing portion 12, theferrule portions 5 are installed and held in the housingmain body portion 11 in the parallel fashion and also the holdingpieces 22 are passed between theoptical fiber cores 2 in the space formed between the core-guiding-path formingconcave portions main body portion 11 and thecord receiving portion 30 can be held in their coupling state. - According to the optical connector constructed as above, a pair of guiding
pins concave portions optical fiber cores 2 extended from the top end portion of theoptical fiber cord 1 to the positions at which they do not interfere with the holdingpieces 22 are formed in the core-guiding-path formingconcave portions pieces 22 are pushed strongly against theoptical fiber cores 2 in the assembling steps and accordingly the damage of theoptical fiber cores 2 because of the pushing-down of the holdingpieces 22 can be prevented. - In addition, the outer circular peripheral portions of their top end portions of the guiding pins34A, 34B are chamfered. Therefore, even if the top end portions of the guiding pins 34A, 34B are brought into contact with the
optical fiber cores 2 in the assembling, theoptical fiber cores 2 can be easily moved to escape smoothly to the side portion and thus the damage of theoptical fiber cores 2 can be prevented more firmly. - In particular, since a pair of guiding
pins concave portions cord receiving portion 30, they can be formed at the positions at which they do not interfere with a pair of guidingpins concave portions pieces convex portions convex portions concave portions split members split members - Also, in this manner, the guiding pins34A, 34B are formed at the positions at which they are shifted in the longitudinal direction of the
cord receiving portion 30. Therefore, since the projection lengths of the guiding pins 34A, 34B can be set sufficiently large to reach the inner peripheral surfaces of the core-guiding-path formingconcave portions optical fiber cores 2. - In the present embodiment, the holding
pieces 22 are formed on thehousing lid portion 20. But the holdingpieces 22 may be formed on thehousing casing portion 12 side. - As described above, according to the optical connector in the first aspect of the present invention, the housing main body portion includes a housing casing portion formed like a casing whose end side coupled to the cord receiving portion and upper side are opened and which can hold the pair of ferrule portions therein in the predetermined parallel manner, and a housing lid portion for closing an upper opening of the housing casing portion, whereby holding pieces formed on end sides of the housing casing portion or the housing lid portion coupled to the cord receiving portion are inserted into holding-piece passing holes formed in the cord receiving portion at positions between a pair of optical fiber cores that are led from the cord receiving portion to the housing main body portion such that a coupled state between the housing main body portion and the cord receiving portion is maintained, and the cord receiving portion includes a pair of cord receiving split members each having cord holding concave portions for receiving and holding an end portion of a covering portion of the optical fiber cord respectively and core-guiding-path forming concave portions for leading the pair of optical fiber cores, that are extended from a top end portion of the optical fiber cord received and held in the cord holding concave portions, to an outside, and the holding-piece passing holes into which the holding pieces are passed therethrough are formed at portions that correspond to the core-guiding-path forming concave portions in the cord receiving split members, and a pair of guiding pins for guiding the pair of optical fiber cores, that are extended from a top end portion of the optical fiber cord received and held in the cord holding concave portions, to positions not to interfere with the holding pieces, that are inserted into the holding-piece passing holes to pass through a space between the core-guiding-path forming concave portions, are provided to the core-guiding-path forming concave portions to protrude therefrom. Therefore, the situation that the holding pieces are pushed strongly against the optical fiber cores can be eliminated, and thus the damage of the optical fiber cores can be prevented.
- Also, according to the second aspect of the invention, the pair of guiding pins in the core-guiding-path forming concave portions are formed at positions, that do not interfere with each other in a coupled state of the cord receiving split members by shifting them in a longitudinal direction of the cord receiving split members, and also have a height to reach inner peripheral surfaces of the core-guiding-path forming concave portions that oppose to each other in the coupled state of the cord receiving split members. Therefore, the optical fiber cord can be guided more surely, and also the cord receiving split members can be formed to have the same shape and the same size.
- Also, according to the third aspect of the invention, structures having a same shape and a same size are employed as the pair of cord receiving split members. Therefore, the cord receiving split members can be formed easily by the same mold.
- Also, according to the fourth aspect of the invention, outer peripheral portions of top end portions of the guiding pins are chamfered. Therefore, even if the top end portions of the guiding pins are brought into contact with the optical fiber cores, the optical fiber cores are moved slightly to escape to the side portion and thus the damage of the optical fiber cores can be prevented more firmly.
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