Patent ID: 8882363
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. An optical fiber assembly, comprising: an optical fiber connector, the optical fiber connector comprising a fiber joining assembly, a first sealing member, an elastic member, and a housing assembly sleeved on the fiber joining assembly, the housing assembly comprising a first housing, a second housing, and a third housing, wherein the fiber joining assembly is sleeved in an end of the first housing, the second housing is sleeved on one end of the first housing adjacent to the fiber joining assembly, the third housing is sleeved on the other end of the first housing, and the second housing is partly received in the third housing, the elastic member is slidably sleeved on the first housing and provides resistance between the second housing and the third housing, and the first sealing member is sleeved on the second housing adjacent to the third housing; and an optical fiber adapter mating with the optical fiber connector, the optical fiber adapter comprising a base board, a fixing seat protruding out from the base board, and a second sealing member sleeved on the outer surface of the fixing seat, wherein the second housing comprises a base portion and two elastic latching arms protruding out from an end of the base portion adjacent to the fiber joining assembly, each of the two first elastic arms defines a latching hole in an end of each of the two elastic latching arms adjacent to the base portion, the optical fiber adapter further comprises two latching arms protruding out from the base board positioned at opposite sides of the fixing seat for latching with the two latching holes of the second housing and, the fixing seat axially defines an assembling groove for receiving the fiber joining assembly, and the second sealing member provides resistance to an inner surface of the second housing.