IP Library Granted Patent US 11,249,259
Granted Patent B2
US 11,249,259 · App. 16/998,109 · Granted Feb 15, 2022

Outdoor optical fiber connector

Inventors: Mingzhen Hu (Shanghai, CN); Daigen Chen (Shanghai, CN); Fang Ji (Shanghai, CN); Yi Zhang (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: ROSENBERGER (SHANGHAI) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
G02B6/3894G02B6/3887
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Patent No.
US 11,249,259
App. No.
16/998,109
Granted
Feb 15, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention discloses an outdoor optical fiber connector, which includes a female head flange assembly, a male head assembly, an insertion core fixing assembly and a docking assembly, and the docking assembly includes a pluggable locking member or a threaded locking member, and the female head flange assembly is provided with two docking structures respectively docked with the pluggable locking member and the threaded locking member. The connector of the invention provides multiple docking modes, meeting different installation requirements, and the connector is an ultra-small outdoor connector, having a compact overall space, and have a convenient and fast installation.

Claims (19)

1. An outdoor optical fiber connector, comprising:

a female head flange assembly,

a male head assembly,

at least two insertion core fixing assemblies, and

a docking assembly,

wherein the female head flange assembly is docked with the male head assembly through the docking assembly, the docking assembly comprises a pluggable locking member or a threaded locking member, the female head flange assembly is provided with at least a first matching structure matched with the pluggable locking member and a second matching structure matched with the threaded locking member, and the female head flange assembly is docked with the male head assembly through matchment between the first matching structure and the pluggable locking member or matchment between the second matching structure and the threaded locking member; and the female head flange assembly and the male head assembly are respectively internally provided with at least one insertion core fixing assembly, and after the female head flange assembly is docked with the male head assembly, the insertion core fixing assembly in the female head flange assembly and the insertion core fixing assembly in the male head assembly are also docked, and the threaded locking member is fixedly connected with one end of the male head assembly and is in threaded locking connection with one end of the female head flange assembly.

2. The outdoor optical fiber connector according to claim 1 , wherein the female head flange assembly comprises a flange base and a female head locking member for locking and fixing the insertion core fixing assembly in the flange base, one end of the flange base is connected with the male head assembly through the docking assembly, and the other end of the flange base is connected with the female head locking member.

3. The outdoor optical fiber connector according to claim 2 , wherein the first matching structure and the second matching structure are arranged on the flange base, the first matching structure is a female head bulge matched and connected with the pluggable locking member, and the second matching structure is an external thread matched and connected with the threaded locking member.

4. The outdoor optical fiber connector according to claim 1 , wherein the male head assembly comprises a tail pipe, a crimping assembly and a connecting shell, the crimping assembly is arranged in the tail pipe and fixedly connected with one end of the connecting shell for crimping and fixing the insertion core fixing assembly in the connecting shell, and the other end of the connecting shell is connected with the female head flange assembly through the docking assembly.

5. The outdoor optical fiber connector according to claim 4 , wherein the crimping assembly comprises a crimping ring and a crimping body, the crimping ring is tightly pressed in the tail pipe, one end of the crimping body extends into and is tightly pressed in the crimping ring, and the other end of the crimping body is connected with the connecting shell.

6. The outdoor optical fiber connector according to claim 5 , wherein the crimping body is threadedly connected with the connecting shell through a fixing nut, and the fixing nut is positioned in the tail pipe.

7. The outdoor optical fiber connector according to claim 1 , wherein the pluggable locking member comprises a pluggable locking part and a pluggable unlocking part, the pluggable locking part is tightly pressed and fixed to one end of the male head assembly, and the pluggable unlocking part is arranged on the pluggable locking part and moves back and forth relative to the pluggable locking part, and the pluggable locking part is locked to or unlocked from the female head flange assembly under driving of the pluggable unlocking part.

8. The outdoor optical fiber connector according to claim 1 , wherein the threaded locking member is fixedly connected with the male head assembly through a C-shaped ring.

9. The outdoor optical fiber connector according to claim 5 , wherein a sealing ring is arranged between the crimping ring and the connecting shell, and a sealing ring is arranged between the connecting shell and the female head flange assembly.

10. The outdoor optical fiber connector according to claim 8 , wherein a groove for being matched with the C-shaped ring is arranged between the male head assembly and the threaded locking member, and the C-shaped ring is installed in the groove.

11. The outdoor optical fiber connector according to claim 5 , wherein an aramid fiber or a glass yarn is arranged between the crimping ring and the crimping body, and the crimping ring and the crimping body jointly crimp the insertion core fixing assembly.

12. The outdoor optical fiber connector according to claim 1 , wherein each insertion core fixing assembly comprises an insertion core fixing member and a U-shaped card, a card slot is radially arranged on a surface of the insertion core fixing member, the card slot is closed to one end portion of the insertion core fixing member, and the card slot is for the U-shaped card inserting into to clamp optical fiber insertion cores to the insertion core fixing member.

13. The outdoor optical fiber connector according to claim 4 , wherein the connecting shell is provided with a positioning guide hole, the insertion core fixing member is provided with a guide bulge matched with the positioning guide hole, and the positioning guide hole and the guide bulge are matched to form a guide pin.

14. The outdoor optical fiber connector according to claim 1 , wherein the insertion core fixing assembly in the male head assembly and the insertion core fixing assembly in the female head flange assembly are symmetrically arranged.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 20, 2020
From: HU, MINGZHEN; CHEN, DAIGEN; JI, FANG; ZHANG, YI
To: ROSENBERGER (SHANGHAI) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053550/0355 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2018080620 · Mar 27, 2018
Related Publication 20200386955A1 · Dec 10, 2020
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