Optical connector
The present invention provides an optical connector, comprising: a structural body, having a first top surface, a first bottom surface, a first lateral surface, and a second lateral surface, wherein the first lateral surface and the second lateral surface are connected to the first top surface and the first bottom surface, the first lateral surface has a first opening slot, and the second lateral surface has a first buckle structure; and a terminal portion, coupled with a communication wire, having a second top surface, a second bottom surface, a third lateral surface, and a fourth lateral surface, wherein the third lateral surface and the fourth lateral surface are connected to the second top surface and the second bottom surface, the fourth lateral surface has a second buckle structure, the terminal portion is movably connected to the structural body.
1 . An optical connector, comprising:
a structural body, having a first top surface, a first bottom surface, a first lateral surface, and a second lateral surface, wherein the first lateral surface and the second lateral surface are connected to the first top surface and the first bottom surface, the first lateral surface has a first opening slot, and the second lateral surface has a first buckle structure; and
a terminal portion, coupled to a communication wire, having a second top surface, a second bottom surface, a third lateral surface, and a fourth lateral surface, wherein the third lateral surface and the fourth lateral surface are connected to the second top surface and the second bottom surface, the fourth lateral surface has a second buckle structure, the terminal portion is movably connected to the structural body,
wherein when the terminal portion is connected to the structural body, the first lateral surface and the third lateral surface are located on the same side, and the second lateral surface and the fourth lateral surface are located on the same side, so that the second buckle structure is buckled with the first buckle structure, and the communication wire enters the structural body through the first opening slot.
2 . The optical connector of claim 1 , wherein the terminal portion has a pair of extending columns located on two sides of the second buckle structure.
3 . The optical connector of claim 2 , wherein the terminal portion comprises:
a terminal; having a signal coupling end and a fixing end, wherein the signal coupling end has a plurality of holes to allow each communication line of the communication wire to pass through, and the fixing end has a first fixing structure; and
a terminal base, having a first connecting side and a second connecting side, wherein the first connecting side has a second fixing structure combined with the first fixing structure, the second connecting side has the pair of extending columns, and the terminal base has a second opening slot connected to the first opening slot.
4 . The optical connector of claim 1 , wherein the structural body comprises:
a pair of guiding grooves, disposed on two sides of the first opening slot;
a pair of guiding columns, respectively disposed in the pair of guiding grooves; and
a pair of elastic structures, respectively sleeved on the pair of guiding columns, wherein an end portion of the elastic structure is leaned against an inner wall of the guiding groove, and another end portion of the elastic structure is leaned against the terminal portion, so that the terminal portion moves with freedom relative to the structural body when being connected to the structural body.
5 . The optical connector of claim 1 , wherein the first buckle structure of the second lateral surface is a buckling groove, and the second buckle structure of the fourth lateral surface is a convex portion; when the terminal portion is combined with the structural body, the convex portion is embedded into the buckling groove.
6 . The optical connector of claim 5 , wherein the convex portion has a freedom for one-dimensional linear movement within the buckling groove.
7 . The optical connector of claim 1 , wherein a first end of the first buckle structure of the second lateral surface is a groove with an opening, a second end of the first buckle structure is connected to an expanding groove, which has a maximum width that is larger than width of the first buckle structure, the second buckle structure of the fourth lateral surface is a buckling protrusion, a free end of the buckling protrusion has a buckling element, and the second buckle structure is embedded into the first buckle structure, so that the buckling element is accommodated in the expanding slot.
8 . The optical connector of claim 7 , wherein the expanding slot has a first arc surface, the buckling element has a second arc surface movably connected to a first arc surface, so that the structural body and the terminal portion have freedom of movement.
9 . The optical connector of claim 1 , wherein a cantilever is disposed on the first top surface of the structural body, and the cantilever has a positioning structure.