Optical fiber connector assembly, optical fiber connector plug, and adapter assembly
View Patent ↗Disclosed are an optical fiber connector assembly, an optical fiber connector plug, and an adapter assembly, comprising an optical fiber connector plug, an optical fiber connector adapter, and an adapter base plate. A plug information storage chip and an indicator light-guiding pillar are arranged in parallel on a bottom side of the optical fiber connector plug. Each pin of the plug information storage chip is electrically connected to conductive slide-rails. Metal elastic pins and an indicator light accommodation portion are arranged in parallel on a bottom side of a plug opening of the optical fiber connector adapter. Pin contacts and an indicator light are arranged in parallel on the adapter base plate. When the adapter is mounted on the adapter base plate, the indicator light is accommodated in the indicator light accommodation portion and the metal elastic pins are electrically connected to the pin contacts. When the plug is inserted into the adapter mounted on the adapter base plate, the metal elastic pins are electrically connected to the conductive slide-rails, and the indicator light-guiding pillar is inserted into the indicator light accommodation portion and abuts against the indicator light. The embodiments of the disclosure effectively prevent false insertion of a port.
1. An optical fiber connector assembly, comprising: an optical fiber connector plug, an optical fiber connector adapter, and an adapter base plate; wherein the optical fiber connector adapter is installed on the adapter base plate and has a plug opening by which the optical fiber connector plug is inserted into the optical fiber connector adapter;
a plug information storage chip and an indicator light-guiding pillar are provided in parallel on a bottom side of the optical fiber connector plug; wherein all pins of the plug information storage chip are electrically connected with conductive slide rails;
metal elastic pins and an indicator light accommodation portion are provided in parallel on a side of the plug opening of the optical fiber connection adapter which matches with the bottom side of the plug;
pin contacts and an indicator light are provided in parallel on the adapter base plate; wherein the pin contacts are connected to an input end of an external microprocessor, and the indicator light is connected to an output end of the microprocessor; and
when the optical fiber connector adapter is installed on the adapter base plate, the indicator light is accommodated in the indicator light accommodation portion, and the metal elastic pins are electrically connected to the pin contacts; when the optical fiber connector adapter plug is inserted into the optical fiber connector adapter installed on the adapter base plate, the metal elastic pins are electrically connected to the conductive slide rails, and the indicator light-guiding pillar is inserted into the indicator light accommodation portion and abuts against the indicator light,
wherein a plug in-position detection portion is provided on the adapter base plate and is connected to the input end of the microprocessor; a reservation hollow is provided on the optical fiber connector adapter, when the optical fiber connector adapter is installed on the adapter base plate, the plug in-position detection portion enters the optical fiber connector adapter through the reservation hollow, and when the optical fiber connector plug is inserted into the optical fiber connector adapter, the plug in-position detection portion is triggered.
2. The optical fiber connector assembly according to claim 1 , wherein
the plug information storage chip and the conductive slide rails are deployed on a printed circuit board provided on the bottom side of the optical fiber connector plug; wherein the plug information storage chip is deployed on one side of the printed circuit board, and the conductive slide rails are deployed on the other side of the printed circuit board, and the pins of the plug information storage chip are electrically connected to the conductive slide rails through the printed circuit board.
3. The optical fiber connector assembly according to claim 2 , wherein
an invaginated hollow boss is provided on the bottom side of the optical fiber connector plug, and the printed circuit board deployed with the plug information storage chip and the conductive slide rails is fixed in the hollow boss.
4. The optical fiber connector assembly according to claim 3 , wherein invaginated guide slots are provided on the hollow boss at places which match with the conductive slide rails, and are used to guide the metal elastic pins to abut against the conductive slide rails when the optical fiber connector plug is inserted into the optical fiber connector adapter.
5. The optical fiber connector assembly according to claim 3 , wherein the optical fiber connector plug comprises a plug shell; both the hollow boss and the indicator light-guiding pillar are provided on the plug shell; or, the hollow boss is provided on the plug shell, and the indicator light-guiding pillar is fixed on a sheath of the plug.
6. The optical fiber connector assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the plug information storage chip is an Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EEPROM).
7. An optical fiber connector adapter assembly configured to be inserted into an optical fiber connector plug, comprising an optical fiber connector adapter and an adapter base plate; wherein the optical fiber connector adapter is installed on the adapter base plate and has a plug opening by which the optical fiber connector plug is inserted into the optical fiber connector adapter;
metal elastic pins and an indicator light accommodation portion are provided in parallel on a bottom side of the plug opening of the optical fiber connector adapter;
pin contacts and an indicator light are provided in parallel on the adapter base plate; wherein the pin contracts are connected to an input end of an external microprocessor, and the indicator light is connected to an output end of the microprocessor; and
when the optical fiber connector adapter is installed on the adapter base plate, the indicator light is accommodated in the indicator light accommodation portion, and the metal elastic pins are electrically connected to the pin contacts; when the optical fiber connector plug is inserted into the optical fiber connector adapter installed on the adapter base plate, the metal elastic pins are electrically connected to the conductive slide rails of the optical fiber connector plug, and an indicator light-guiding pillar arranged on the optical fiber connector plug is inserted into the indicator light accommodation portion, and abuts against the indicator light
wherein the plug in-position detection is connected to the input end of the microprocessor; a reservation hollow is provided on the optical fiber connector adapter, when the optical fiber connector adapter is installed on the adapter base plate, the plug in-position detection portion enters the optical fiber connection adapter through the reservation hollow; and when the optical fiber connector plug is inserted into the optical fiber connector adapter, the plug in-position detection portion is triggered.