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JP5182893B2 - Optical connector plug - Google Patents
JP5182893B2
JP5182893B2 JP2009261822A JP2009261822A JP5182893B2 JP 5182893 B2 JP5182893 B2 JP 5182893B2 JP 2009261822 A JP2009261822 A JP 2009261822A JP 2009261822 A JP2009261822 A JP 2009261822A JP 5182893 B2 JP5182893 B2 JP 5182893B2
JP2009261822A
JP2011107381A (en
善 黒澤
文明 塙
敏明 江口
直英 後藤
2009-11-17 Application filed by Ｎｔｔエレクトロニクス株式会社, 日本電信電話株式会社, 本多通信工業株式会社 filed Critical Ｎｔｔエレクトロニクス株式会社
2009-11-17 Priority to JP2009261822A priority Critical patent/JP5182893B2/en
2011-06-02 Publication of JP2011107381A publication Critical patent/JP2011107381A/en
2013-04-17 Publication of JP5182893B2 publication Critical patent/JP5182893B2/en
The present invention relates to an optical connector plug that is inserted into and removed from a connector adapter in a connector for connecting an optical fiber cord, and more particularly to an optical connector plug that can be easily inserted into and removed from a connector adapter and is compatible with an SC connector.
In recent years, with the development of FTTH, there are increasing opportunities for ordinary people other than specialized construction contractors to come into contact with optical connectors. It is known that when a conventional SC connector plug is inserted into or removed from a connector adapter during connector operation, the connector plug remains in the half-inserted state during insertion or removal, and so-called half-insertion occurs. Conventionally, in order to avoid this state, a part of the connector plug is marked and inserted or pulled out so that the mark becomes invisible.
JP-A-62-78507 Japanese Patent No. 4215577 JP 2008-176297 A
A problem in inserting and removing a conventional SC connector plug into and from a connector adapter will be described in more detail with reference to Patent Document 1.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a fitting mechanism 100 in a conventional SC connector.
In FIG. 1, when the conventional SC connector plug 110 is pushed into the connector adapter 120, the adapter elastic locking piece 121 is moved to the slope 111 while being pushed and spread by the slope 111 at the tip of the knob (b), and then the flat portion at the tip of the knob. 112 is moved. Thereafter, the elastic locking piece 121 moves down the slope 113 at the rear of the knob, so that the tip of the elastic locking piece 121 falls to the front of the locking portion 114 of the plug frame (c). When the plug 110 is further pushed in, the elastic locking piece 121 moves while being in contact with the locking portion 114 of the plug frame (d), and finally falls into the stepped portion 115 of the plug frame and is locked to achieve the fitting. (E).
FIG. 2 shows a stress change 200 obtained by measuring the force with which the plug 110 is pushed into the adapter 120 when such an operation is performed.
The stress at the time of fitting the conventional SC connector plug 110 to the adapter 120 is abrupt because the adapter elastic locking piece 121 first hits the tip of the knob and the elastic locking piece 121 is expanded by moving the slope 111. Increase (b). Thereafter, a change in stress is observed while the elastic locking piece 121 moves on the flat portion 112 and the slope 113 of the knob, and the elastic locking piece 121 falls before the plug frame locking portion 114, so that the stress is almost reduced. 0 (c). By further pushing, the elastic locking piece 121 moves on the locking portion 114 of the mating plug 110 (d), and further increases as it starts to contact the mating ferrule, and the elastic locking piece 121 moves to the stepped portion 115 of the plug. When the plug is depressed and locked, the stress becomes almost zero (e). If pushed further, the repulsive force from the opponent's ferrule is added and it rises again.
As can be seen from FIG. 2, since there is a state (c) in which the stress is substantially zero during the fitting, the operator misunderstands the state (e) in which the stress is zero when connected. Then, the operator stops the fitting operation in the middle, and a state where the connector plug 110 is not completely fitted with the mating connector 120 (half-inserted state) occurs.
Therefore, in order to avoid this half-insertion state, it is described in the work procedure manual that it is pushed until it stops moving, or until it clicks, or a white line that determines that it is completely connected is printed on the connector housing. Are taking measures.
Such measures may be effective, but in places where the installation conditions of the adapter 120 are poor, it may be difficult to hear sound when connected, or if the connector housing is not directly visible, the white line may be difficult to see, and the half-inserted state It was difficult to completely eliminate the current situation. Furthermore, in recent years, with the spread of FTTH, the number of cases where unskilled workers and ordinary people handle optical connectors has increased, and the need to prevent this half-inserted state has increased.
Also, when the plug is removed from the adapter, the plug stops halfway in the state (c) where the stress is zero. This state is also a half-inserted state at the time of removal and causes a problem. When such a half-insertion state occurs, the plug 110 is apparently fitted to the adapter 120, but since the light is not conducted, the cause of the failure is delayed.
Therefore, according to the present invention, when the fitting stress starts, it does not become zero or decreases in the middle, and when a general person other than a professional construction worker inserts or removes the optical connector, it is inserted or removed. An object of the present invention is to provide an optical connector plug in which half-insertion does not occur during the process.
In order to solve the above-described problems, the optical connector plug of the present invention is an optical connector plug compatible with an SC connector fitted to an adapter, and the elastic locking piece provided on the adapter side is tapered. A pair of engaging portions provided on the same surface that are expanded at the portion and locked at the stepped portion are provided at the distal end portion of the plug housing that is the main body of the plug, and is inserted and removed between the pair of engaging portions. An unlocking piece movable along the tape is provided, and a taper portion is provided at the rear end of the unlocking piece to release the locking action of the elastic locking piece when the plug is removed. The tapered portion has a shape in which the fitting stress does not decrease before the elastic locking piece is locked when the plug is inserted.
The taper portion of the engagement portion has a multi-stage taper shape.
The taper portion has an angle of about 8 °.
The angle of the tip of the tapered portion is about 10 °.
A flat surface is provided between the tapered portion and the step portion of the engaging portion.
The optical connector housing includes a light shielding member.
According to the optical connector plug of the present invention, when the adapter is connected, the adapter elastic locking piece is directly expanded by the plug frame, and a mechanism is adopted in which the fitting is completed by moving the plug frame and dropping into the locking portion. Thus, both the front part of the plug frame and the center part of the frame become inclined surfaces, and more preferably, the inclined surface having the same inclination angle gradually increases the stress until the adapter locking piece falls into the locking part of the plug frame. It can be increased so that the amount of change in stress is not reduced as much as possible.
As a result, the operator who connects the connector plug does not reduce stress during the plug connection, so that it is not misunderstood that the connector plug is inserted into the locking portion, and half-insertion can be prevented.
Further, as defined in FIG. 1 of Section 7, Structure, Shape and Dimensions of JIS C5973, the normal SC has a slope angle of 25 ° to 35 ° at the front portion of the plug frame. The smaller the slope angle, the smaller the stress at the time of connecting the plug frame to the adapter, but the optical connector plug of the present invention eliminates the need for the taper part for removing the rear part of the knob as in the conventional SC connector. There is an advantage that the slope angle can be reduced.
It is a figure explaining the fitting mechanism of SC type connector by a prior art. It is a figure which shows the stress change at the time of the fitting of SC type connector by a prior art. It is a figure explaining the fitting mechanism of the optical connector plug by embodiment of the examination process of this invention. It is a figure which shows the stress change at the time of the fitting of the optical connector plug by embodiment of the examination process of this invention. It is a figure explaining the fitting mechanism of the optical connector plug by the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the stress change at the time of fitting of the optical connector plug by the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the variation of the slope shape of the plug frame of the optical connector plug by the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the outline of the optical connector plug with a light shielding member by the 2nd Embodiment of this invention.
The optical connector plug of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
First, an embodiment of the examination process of the present invention based on the connector plug shown in Patent Document 2 will be described. Patent Document 2 discloses an SC-type connector plug. The adapter described in Patent Document 2 is the same as the SC-type connector adapter shown in FIG. 1, and only the shape of the connector plug is different. In the examination process of the present invention, a configuration in which a tip slope is added to the connector plug described in Patent Document 2 was examined.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a connector fitting mechanism 300 according to an embodiment of the examination process of the present invention.
The comparison with the prior art will be described in detail. In the conventional SC connector 110 shown in FIG. 1, the elastic locking piece 121 of the adapter 120 is spread by the slope 111 at the front part of the knob and moved, and then the connector plug. 110, the elastic locking piece 121 is opened by the rear slope 113 of the knob portion so as to be detached from the step portion 115.
On the other hand, in the connector shown in FIG. 3, the elastic locking piece 321 of the adapter 320 opens directly at the plug frame front part 311, and moves to the stepped part 313 of the plug frame after moving the plug frame flat part 312. When the fitting is released, the elastic locking piece 321 is opened by the extraction plate 314 existing between the plug frame 310 and the elastic locking piece 321, and is removed from the stepped portion 313.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a stress change 400 when the connector plug 310 is inserted into the adapter 320. In the SC-type connector of the prior art, the elastic locking piece 121 falls due to the rear slope 113 of the knob surrounding the plug frame 110, but in the connector plug 310 shown in FIG. 3, the elastic locking piece 321 falls halfway. Therefore, the stress is not seen to be zero. As a result, the half-inserted state is less likely to occur than the conventional SC connector.
However, even in the mechanism in which the plug frame directly expands the elastic locking piece 321 of the adapter, although the stress on the way does not become zero, a phenomenon in which the fitting stress decreases midway after the start is observed. There may be a feeling that stress disappears.
Further, when the connector plug 310 is removed from the connector adapter 320, the stress does not fluctuate in the middle, so that the connector plug 310 is in a stable state, and there is a possibility that the connector plug 310 is not detached from the connector adapter 320. There is a problem that there is.
An optical connector plug according to the present invention that solves the above problems will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 5 is a view for explaining an optical connector plug fitting mechanism 500 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 5, the optical connector plug 510 having the locking release piece 514 adjacent to the frame portion pushes the locking piece 521 of the connector adapter 520 into the tip taper portion 511 of about 10 °. (B).
By pushing, the locking piece 521 is gradually expanded by a gentle continuous central slope portion 512 of about 8 °, and the rear flat portion is moved and finally falls into the stepped portion 513. The connector plug 510 and the connector adapter 520 is fitted (d).
In order to release the fitted plug 510 from the adapter 520, the plug 510 is retracted while removing the locking piece 521 from the stepped portion 513 while retracting the locking release piece 514 (e).
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a stress change 600 when the optical connector plug according to the first embodiment of the present invention is fitted.
In the connector shown in FIG. 3, the optical connector plug 510 according to the first embodiment of the present invention expands with a slope 512 of about 10 °, whereas the optical connector plug 510 according to the first embodiment of the present invention expands with a slope of about 33 °. Therefore, the stress at the start of fitting decreased from about 10N to about 4N. Further, in the middle of insertion, the connector shown in FIG. 3 moves on a flat frame, so that the stress does not become zero but decreases compared with the initial fitting state, whereas according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In the connector plug 510, the taper portion 511 at the tip end of the plug frame has a gentle continuous slope. Therefore, the elastic locking piece 521 only gradually expands as the plug 510 is inserted into the adapter 520. The fitting stress hardly increases as compared with the initial stage of fitting, and increases again after contact with the mating ferrule, falls into the stepped portion, and the stress is reduced to fit.
From these results, the optical connector plug according to the present invention has a smaller initial stress than the connector shown in FIG. 3 and gradually increases without substantially reducing the fitting stress during insertion. It has the characteristic that a state becomes difficult to occur.
Here, as shown in the variation 700 of the slope shape of the plug frame in FIG. 7, the width of the tip of the tapered portion is substantially equal to the interval 705 between the two locking pieces, and the slope has a sudden change in fitting stress. It is desirable that the slope be as gentle and continuous as possible.
The second embodiment is an embodiment including the light shielding member described in Patent Document 3. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an outline of a connector 800 with a light shielding member according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
In FIG. 8, the light shielding member surrounds the ferrule 802 that holds and supports the tip of the optical fiber 801, slidably surrounds the outside of the cylindrical plug frame 803, and is fitted when the optical connector is connected. A shutter housing 804 that is inserted inside the fitting opening of the receptacle connector, and one end portion is supported by the housing at the front portion of the shutter housing 804, and the other end portion is connected to the optical fiber 801 at the front position of the ferrule 802. A shutter 805 that is biased and closed by an elastic force of a spring 806 so as to shield light, and is disposed inside the shutter housing 804 and always biases it forward, and at the rear of the plug frame 803 and the shutter housing 804. (Not shown) placed in the gap between It is composed of a member.
In addition, the light shielding member surrounds the shutter housing 804 in the light shielding member so as to be slidable on the outside of a cylindrical plug frame 803 that encloses and supports a ferrule 802 that holds the tip of the optical fiber 801. It is formed so that it can be inserted inside the fitting opening of the receptacle connector that is fitted when the optical connector is connected. The mating receptacle connector side does not need to be improved in particular, and can be connected as usual and has high versatility. Furthermore, the light shielding member does not protrude beyond the outer dimensions of the knob of the optical plug connector, and does not hinder high density mounting.
Also in the configuration with the light shielding member as shown in FIG. 8, the optical connector plug fitting mechanism described in the first embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 5 can be adopted, as shown in FIG. It is possible to reproduce the stress change during fitting of a simple optical connector plug.
According to the optical connector plug of the present invention, when the adapter is connected, the adapter elastic locking piece is directly expanded by the plug frame, and a mechanism is adopted in which the fitting is completed by moving the plug frame and dropping into the locking portion. Thus, both the front part of the plug frame and the center part of the frame become inclined surfaces, and more preferably, the inclined surface having the same inclination angle gradually increases the stress until the adapter locking piece falls into the locking part of the plug frame. It can be increased so that the stress is not reduced as much as possible.
In addition, the flat part parallel to the plug moving direction between the slope part at the center of the frame and the step part at the rear part of the frame ensures that the expanded locking part is installed in the flat part in the normal SC connector. However, in the optical connector plug of the present invention, the length can be made as short as possible. Therefore, the slope angle can be lowered and the change of stress can be prevented.
110 Conventional type SC connector plug 111 Slope portion of knob tip 112 Flat portion of knob tip 113 Slope of knob rear portion 114 Locking portion of plug frame 115, 313, 513 Stepped portion 120, 320, 520 Adapter 121, 321 521 Elastic locking piece 310 Connector plug 311 of patent document 1 Plug frame front part 312 Plug frame flat part 314, 514 Extraction plate 510 Connector plug 511 Tip tapered part 512 Central slope 515 Rear flat part 705 Elastic locking piece Interval 801 Optical fiber 802 Ferrule 803 Plug frame 804 Shutter housing 805 Shutter 806 Spring
An optical connector plug compatible with an SC-type connector fitted to an adapter,
A pair of engaging portions provided on the same surface for expanding the elastic locking piece provided on the adapter side at the taper portion and locking at the stepped portion are provided at the distal end portion of the plug housing which is the main body of the plug,
An unlocking piece movable along the insertion / extraction direction is provided between the pair of engagement portions,
The rear end portion of the locking release piece is provided with a taper portion that releases the locking action of the elastic locking piece when the plug is removed,
The optical connector plug, wherein the tapered portion of the engaging portion has a shape in which a fitting stress does not decrease before the elastic locking piece is locked when the plug is inserted.
The optical connector plug according to claim 1, wherein the taper portion of the engaging portion has a multistage taper shape.
The optical connector plug according to claim 1, wherein an angle of the tapered portion is about 8 °.
The optical connector plug according to claim 2 or 3, wherein an angle of a tip of the tapered portion is about 10 °.
The optical connector plug according to claim 1 or 2 characterized by having a flat surface between the taper portion and the stepped portion of the engaging portion.
The optical connector plug according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that it comprises a light shielding member on the optical connector housing.
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