Patent ID: 11493697

Abstract:
An optical fiber adapter (10) comprises: a housing (1), a front portion of the housing (1) is provided with at least two accommodating cavities (19) which penetrate in a front-rear direction, are arranged sided by side, and are closed circumferentially, and a rear portion of the housing (1) is provided with a mounting base (14); at least two optical fiber plugs (2) provided on the mounting base (14), each optical fiber plug (2) comprises a positioning member (21), a ferrule (22) fixed to the positioning member (21) and extending forwardly, an optical fiber (23) exposed to a front end of the ferrule (22), a sleeve (24) fitted on an outer periphery of the ferrule (22) and a positioning cylinder (25) further sheathed on an outer periphery of the sleeve (24), a front end of the positioning cylinder (25) extends forwardly into the accommodating cavity (19), a rear end of the positioning cylinder (25) is fixed to the positioning member (21), an outer periphery of the positioning member (21) is provided with a first flange (211); and at least a fixing cover (3) locked on the mounting base (14) of the housing (1), the fixing cover (3) and the mounting base (14) are assembled to form a first latching groove (4), the first latching groove (4) correspondingly accommodates the first flange (211) of the optical fiber plug (2) and positions the first flange (211) of the optical fiber plug (2). The optical fiber adapter (10) can shorten the size of the rear portion and save the occupied space inside the cabinet.