This application claims priority of Taiwanese Patent Application No. 107209026, filed on Jul. 4, 2018.
The disclosure relates to a connector, and more particularly to a fiber optic connector.
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Therefore, an object of the disclosure is to provide a fiber optic connector that can alleviate the drawback of the prior art.
According to the disclosure, the fiber optic connector includes a housing member, a positioning member that is mounted in the housing member, two central rods and a locking member. The positioning member is formed with two installation holes extending in a front-rear direction and two guiding grooves each intersecting a respective one of the installation holes. The central rods are respectively and removably inserted into the installation holes. Outer surrounding surface of each of the central rods is formed with an annular groove that is registered with a corresponding one of the guiding grooves.
The locking member extends through the housing member to be inserted into the positioning member, and includes a control portion disposed outside of the housing member, and two guiding portions respectively extending from two opposite ends of the control portion to be respectively inserted into the guiding grooves of the positioning member. The locking member is operable to move relative to the positioning member between a locking position, where each of the guiding portions extends into an intersection of the corresponding guiding groove and the corresponding installation hole to engage the annular groove of the corresponding central rod for restricting movement of the central rods along the installation holes, and open position, where the guiding portions are disengaged from the annular grooves of the central rods, thereby allowing the central rods to move along the installation holes.
Other features and advantages of the disclosure will become apparent in the following detailed description of the embodiment with reference to the accompanying drawings, of which:
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An user may drive the guiding portions 62 of the locking member 6 to move along the guiding grooves 42 of the positioning member 4 via pulling or pushing the control portion 61 of the locking member 6. The locking member 6 is operable to move relative to the positioning member 4 in the first direction (B), between a locking position and an open position. Referring back to
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In this embodiment, the radius of each of the connecting sections 621 is smaller than that of the end sections 622, and is configured such that when the control portion 61 is either pulled or pushed and if, instead of the end sections 622, each of the connecting sections 621 is driven to be registered with the intersection of the corresponding guiding groove 42 and the corresponding installation hole 41, each of the connecting sections 621 would not engage the annular groove 51 of the corresponding central rod 5, thereby allowing the central rods 5 to move along the installation holes 41. In other embodiments, the radius of each of the connecting sections 621 may be designed to be the same as that of the end sections 622 so that the guiding portions 62, as a whole, restrict movement of the central rods 5 along the installation holes 41 at the locking position, and that the locking member 6 is only operable to be at the open position when the control portion 61 is pulled.
Overall, by adjusting the position of the locking member 6, the central rods 5 can be either restricted from movement or free to move. The locking member 6 can be either pushed or pulled to reduce operational errors. Lastly, since the central rods 5 are not press-fitted to the installation holes 41, the central rods 5 can smoothly move along the installation holes 41 once the locking member 6 is at the open position.
In the description above, for the purposes of explanation, numerous specific details have been set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the embodiment. It will be apparent, however, to one skilled in the art, that one or more other embodiments may be practiced without some of these specific details. It should also be appreciated that reference throughout this specification to “one embodiment,” “an embodiment,” an embodiment with an indication of an ordinal number and so forth means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic may be included in the practice of the disclosure. It should be further appreciated that in the description, various features are sometimes grouped together in a single embodiment, figure, or description thereof for the purpose of streamlining the disclosure and aiding in the understanding of various inventive aspects, and that one or more features or specific details from one embodiment may be practiced together with one or more features or specific details from another embodiment, where appropriate, in the practice of the disclosure.
While the disclosure has been described in connection with what is considered the exemplary embodiment, it is understood that this disclosure is not limited to the disclosed embodiment but is intended to cover various arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the broadest interpretation so as to encompass all such modifications and equivalent arrangements.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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107209026 U | Jul 2018 | TW | national |
Number | Name | Date | Kind |
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20190267748 | Kawahara | Aug 2019 | A1 |
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20200012052 A1 | Jan 2020 | US |