IP Library Granted Patent US 12,411,293
Granted Patent B2
US 12,411,293 · App. 17/897,589 · Granted Sep 9, 2025

Optical module having conductive fiber sheet

Inventors: Jinlei Chen (Shandong, CN); Yantao Zhu (Shandong, CN); Hongchao Pan (Shandong, CN); Baofeng Si (Shandong, CN); Wei Cui (Shandong, CN)
Assignee: HISENSE BROADBAND MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
G02B6/4277H01R13/6581H01R13/6582H01R13/6598
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Patent No.
US 12,411,293
App. No.
17/897,589
Granted
Sep 9, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical module includes a shell, an elastic sleeve and a conductive fiber sheet. The shell has a groove disposed on an outer wall thereof. The elastic sleeve includes a metal frame and a plurality of metal elastic pieces. The metal frame is sleeved in the groove, and the metal frame is fixedly connected to the shell. The plurality of metal elastic pieces are disposed on an edge of the metal frame and extend to an outside of the metal frame. The conductive fiber sheet is disposed between the shell and the elastic sleeve for connecting the shell and the elastic sleeve.

Claims (32)

1. An optical module, comprising:

a shell having a groove disposed on an outer wall thereof;

an elastic sleeve including a metal frame and a plurality of metal elastic pieces, the metal frame being sleeved in the groove and fixedly connected to the shell; the plurality of metal elastic pieces being disposed on an edge of the metal frame and extending to an outside of the metal frame; and

a conductive fiber sheet disposed between the shell and the elastic sleeve to connect the shell and the elastic sleeve, wherein

the conductive fiber sheet includes:

a conductive frame located between the shell and the metal frame; and

a conductive elastic member disposed on an edge of the conductive frame and arranged in a stepped shape with the conductive frame, and the conductive elastic member abutting against the plurality of metal elastic pieces.

2. The optical module according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the conductive frame is greater than a depth of the groove.

3. The optical module according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the conductive elastic member is greater than or equal to a thickness of a metal elastic piece.

4. The optical module according to claim 1 , wherein the metal frame includes a first side plate, a second side plate, a third side plate, a fourth side plate and a fifth side plate;

an end of the first side plate is connected to the second side plate, and another end of the first side plate is connected to the third side plate; an end of the second side plate away from the first side plate is connected to the fourth side plate, and an end of the third side plate away from the first side plate is connected to the fifth side plate; and

a gap exists between the fourth side plate and the fifth side plate, and the metal frame is sleeved on an outside of the conductive frame through the gap.

5. The optical module according to claim 4 , wherein the plurality of metal elastic pieces are disposed on edges of the first side plate, the second side plate, the third side plate, the fourth side plate and the fifth side plate.

6. The optical module according to claim 5 , wherein the plurality of metal elastic pieces extend to an outside of the elastic sleeve along the edges of the first side plate, the second side plate, the third side plate, the fourth side plate and the fifth side plate, and are arranged in an umbrella shape.

7. The optical module according to claim 4 , wherein the metal frame includes a first elastic fastener and a second elastic fastener, the first elastic fastener is disposed on the fourth side plate, and the second elastic fastener is disposed on the fifth side plate; and

the shell has a first clamping groove and a second clamping groove, and the first elastic fastener and the second elastic fastener are fixedly connected to the first clamping groove and the second clamping groove respectively.

8. The optical module according to claim 4 , wherein the metal frame further includes a plurality of concave points; and

the plurality of concave points are disposed on the first side plate, the second side plate and the third side plate, and are in contact with an outer surface of the conductive fiber sheet.

9. The optical module according to claim 8 , wherein the plurality of concave points are blind holes.

10. The optical module according to claim 4 , wherein the conductive frame includes a first conductive sheet, a second conductive sheet and a third conductive sheet, an end of the first conductive sheet is connected to the second conductive sheet, and another end of the first conductive sheet is connected to the third conductive sheet; and

the first conductive sheet is located between the shell and the first side plate, the second conductive sheet is located between the shell and the second side plate, and the third conductive sheet is located between the shell and the third side plate.

11. The optical module according to claim 10 , wherein the conductive elastic member is disposed on the first conductive sheet and extends in a length direction of the first conductive sheet.

12. The optical module according to claim 10 , wherein the second conductive sheet and the third conductive sheet are arranged on a same side of the first conductive sheet, and an included angle between the second conductive sheet and the first conductive sheet is equal to an included angle between the third conductive sheet and the first conductive sheet.

13. The optical module according to claim 10 , wherein a dimension of the first conductive sheet is equal to or slightly less than a dimension of the first side plate, a dimension of the second conductive sheet is equal to or slightly less than a dimension of the second side plate, and a dimension of the third conductive sheet is equal to or slightly less than a dimension of the third side plate.

14. The optical module according to claim 4 , wherein the second side plate and the third side plate are disposed on a same side of the first side plate, and an included angle between the second side plate and the first side plate is equal to an included angle between the third side plate and the first side plate; and

the fourth side plate and the fifth side plate are located in a same plane, the fourth side plate and the fifth side plate both extend toward an inside of the elastic sleeve, and an included angle between the fourth side plate and the second side plate is equal to an included angle between the fifth side plate and the third side plate.

15. The optical module according to claim 1 , wherein the groove is configured to surrounds the outer wall of the shell;

the shell includes a lower shell and an upper shell covering the lower shell; the lower shell includes a bottom plate, and two lower side plates located on two sides of the bottom plate and disposed perpendicular to the bottom plate; and the upper shell includes a cover plate, and two upper side plates located on two sides of the cover plate and disposed perpendicular to the cover plate; and

the metal frame is fixedly connected to the bottom plate of the lower shell.

16. The optical module according to claim 15 , wherein the groove includes a first groove and a second groove;

the first groove is disposed on outer walls of the cover plate and the two upper side plates; and

the second groove is disposed on outer walls of the bottom plate and the two lower side plates.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 4, 2026
From: HISENSE BROADBAND MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
To: LIGENT (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 074944/0753 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 29, 2022
From: CHEN, JINLEI; ZHU, YANTAO; PAN, HONGCHAO; SI, BAOFENG; CUI, WEI
To: HISENSE BROADBAND MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060932/0982 →
Priority Claims (2)
CN 202010811010.9 · Aug 13, 2020 · national
CN 202021942876.5 · Sep 8, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2021100971 · Jun 18, 2021
Related Publication 20220413238A1 · Dec 29, 2022
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