This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201310724664.8, filed on Dec. 17, 2013, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
The present invention relates to a locking apparatus, and in particular, to a fiber connection locking apparatus that is applied to an optoelectronic module in the optical communications field.
As an optical communications product develops toward features of miniaturization, high integration, and a high rate, a locking apparatus that is used for connection between modules in a communications apparatus becomes more popular. These types of modules need to be inserted and removed flexibly, and require that a stable connection state is ensured. Therefore, these types of modules all require a mechanical locking apparatus. Existing locking apparatuses mainly use a structure mode such as a lever or a slide wedge. However, structures of these apparatuses are complex and inconvenient to operate, and due to a large variety of accessories, an assembly process is complex and costs are relatively high.
The present invention provides a locking apparatus that features simple design, and can automatically restore after being unlocked.
According to a first aspect, a locking apparatus is provided, where the apparatus includes a pull handle, a locking member, and a base; one end of the locking member is fastened on the base, one end of the pull handle is slidably disposed between the locking member and the base, so as to drive, in a sliding manner, the pull handle to jack up the locking member to enter an unlocked state; and the locking apparatus further includes a resetting apparatus, and the resetting apparatus is disposed between the pull handle and the base, connected to the pull handle and the base, and configured to restore the locking apparatus from the unlocked state to an initial position.
With reference to the first aspect, in a first possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the locking member includes a fixed end and a locking arm extending from the fixed end, the locking member is fixedly disposed on the base through the fixed end, and the locking arm is suspended above the base in a sliding direction of the pull handle; the pull handle includes a pulling part, a sliding part extending from the pulling part, and a first guiding part disposed at a tail end of the sliding part, the pull handle is slidably disposed on the base through the sliding part, and the pulling part of the pull handle is located outside the base; when the pulling part of the pull handle drives, under the action of external force, the sliding part to move from an original position of the sliding part toward a direction that deviates from the base, the first guiding part abuts against the locking arm of the locking member and jacks up the locking arm to enter the unlocked state; one end of the resetting apparatus is connected to the sliding part of the pull handle, and the other end is connected to the base; and when the pulling part of the pull handle drives, under the action of the external force, the sliding part to move from the original position of the sliding part toward the direction that deviates from the base, the resetting apparatus deforms, and when the external force disappears, restores to an original state and drives the pull handle to restore to an initial position of the pull handle.
With reference to the first possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a second possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the locking arm of the locking member includes a second guiding part; and when the pulling part of the pull handle drives, under the action of the external force, the sliding part to move from the original position of the sliding part toward the direction that deviates from the base, the first guiding part abuts against the second guiding part of the locking member to jack up the locking arm to enter the unlocked state.
With reference to the second possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a third possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the first guiding part extends from the sliding part of the pull handle toward a direction of the locking arm of the locking member and forms a first guiding surface at a tail end of the first guiding part.
With reference to the third possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the second guiding part extends from the locking arm of the locking member toward a direction in which the sliding part of the pull handle is located, and forms, at a tail end of the second guiding part, a second guiding surface that can abut against the first guiding surface of the first guiding part of the pull handle.
With reference to the fourth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a fifth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the first guiding surface is a sloping surface, and the second guiding surface is an arc surface; or the first guiding surface is an arc surface, and the second guiding surface is a sloping surface; or the first guiding surface is a sloping surface, and the second guiding surface is a sloping surface that is complementary to the first guiding surface; or the first guiding surface is an arc surface, and the second guiding surface is an arc surface that is complementary to the first guiding surface.
With reference to the first possible implementation manner of the first aspect or the second possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a sixth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the first guiding part consists of a cylinder, and a cylindrical surface that is of the cylinder and faces the locking arm is overall higher than the sliding part.
With reference to the second possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a seventh possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the second guiding part is a U-shaped structure that protrudes from the locking arm toward a direction of sliding part of the pull handle.
With reference to the first possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in an eighth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the base further includes a groove, and the sliding part is slidably disposed in the groove of the base.
With reference to the eighth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a ninth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the groove has a groove stopper at an end that is on the base and close to a direction in which the pull handle slides away from the base; the sliding part of the pull handle has a slot, and the slot has a slot stopper at an end close to the first guiding part; and the resetting apparatus is disposed between the groove stopper and the slot stopper.
With reference to the eighth possible implementation manner of the first aspect or the ninth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a tenth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, a spacing groove is formed in the groove in a position corresponding to the first guiding part of the pull handle, and the first guiding part of the pull handle is located in the spacing groove, where a size of the spacing groove in the sliding direction of the pull handle is greater than a size of the first guiding part in the sliding direction of the pull handle, a size of the spacing groove in a direction perpendicular to the sliding direction of the pull handle is greater than a size of the groove adjacent to the spacing groove, and greater than a size of the first guiding part of the pull handle in a direction perpendicular to the sliding direction of the pull handle, and both the sliding direction of the pull handle and the direction perpendicular to the sliding direction of the pull handle use a same plane as a reference.
With reference to any manner of the first possible implementation manner of the first aspect to the tenth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in an eleventh possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the locking arm of the locking member further includes a locking hook, the locking hook is located at a tail end of the locking arm, and the locking hook extends in a same extending direction as the second guiding part from the locking arm of the locking member toward the direction in which the sliding part of the pull handle is located.
With reference to any manner of the first aspect to the tenth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a twelfth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the resetting apparatus is an elastic member.
With reference to the twelfth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a thirteenth possible implementation of the first manner, the elastic member is a spring or an elastic sheet.
The locking apparatus provided in the present invention implements, by using a resetting apparatus, automatic resetting of the locking apparatus after being unlocked, so as to facilitate use of the locking apparatus. In addition, in the locking apparatus, a sliding displacement between a guiding surface of a locking member and a guiding surface of a pull handle is used to jack up a locking arm of the locking member, so as to achieve an unlocking purpose. A principle of the locking apparatus is simple, a function structure is simple, manufacture is convenient, and assembly is simple, so that product costs can be lowered and production efficiency can be improved.
To describe the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention more clearly, the following briefly introduces the accompanying drawings required for describing the embodiments. The accompanying drawings in the following description show merely some embodiments of the present invention, and a person of ordinary skill in the art may still derive other drawings from these accompanying drawings without creative efforts.
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The locking apparatus 100 provided in this embodiment of the present invention implements, by using a resetting apparatus 150, automatic resetting of the locking apparatus 100 after being unlocked, so as to facilitate use of the locking apparatus 100. In addition, in the locking apparatus 100, a sliding displacement between a locking member 170 and a pull handle 130 is used to jack up the locking member 170, so as to achieve an unlocking purpose. A principle of the locking apparatus 100 is simple, a function structure is simple, manufacture is convenient, and assembly is simple, so that product costs can be lowered and production efficiency can be improved.
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The locking apparatus 100 provided in the present invention is configured to process unlocking and resetting between modules. The locking apparatus 100 includes the base 110, the resetting apparatus 150, the pull handle 130, and the locking member 170. As shown in
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The sliding part 134 extending from the pulling part 132 extends or reverses at a tail end of the sliding part 134 toward an inclined top direction that deviates from the sliding part 134, to form the first guiding part 138, and optionally, a sloping surface formed by the extending or an arc surface formed by the reversing is a first guiding surface 1382. Optionally, the locking arm 174 includes the second guiding part 176, and the second guiding part 176 is a part that is formed by extending of the locking arm 174 toward a direction in which the sliding part 134 of the pull handle 130 is located, and can abut against the first guiding part 138. Further, optionally, the second guiding part 176 forms, at a tail end that is of the second guiding part 176 and faces the extending of the sliding part 134, a second guiding surface 1762 that can abut against the first guiding surface 1382. The sliding part 134 of the pull handle 130 is slidably disposed between the locking member 170 and the base 110, and the pulling part 132 of the pull handle 130 is located outside the base 110; and when the pulling part 132 drives, under the action of external force, the sliding part 134 to move from an original position of the sliding part 134 toward a direction that deviates from the base 110, the first guiding part 138 abuts against the second guiding part 176 on the locking arm 174. Optionally, that the first guiding part 138 abuts against the second guiding part 176 on the locking arm 174 may be as follows. The first guiding surface 1382 of the first guiding part 138 abuts against the second guiding surface 1762 of the second guiding part 176. As the sliding part 134 moves, the first guiding part 138 and the second guiding part 176 gradually generate a displacement during the abutting and jack up the locking arm 174 through the second guiding part 176, so as to enter the unlocked state. One end of the resetting apparatus 150 is connected to the sliding part 134, and the other end corresponding to the one end is connected to the base 110. When the pulling part 132 drives, under the action of the external force, the sliding part 134 to move from the original position of the sliding part 134 toward the direction that deviates from the base 110, the sliding part 134 drives the resetting apparatus 150 to deform, and elastic force generated by the deformation corresponds to the external force; and when the external force disappears, the elastic force acts on the resetting apparatus 150, and the resetting apparatus 150 acts on the sliding part 134 connected to the resetting apparatus 150; and when the resetting apparatus 150 restores to an initial state, the sliding part 134 also drives the pull handle 130 to restore to an initial position, so as to complete resetting of the locking apparatus.
Optionally, in this embodiment of the present invention, the first guiding surface 1382 is a sloping surface, the second guiding surface 1762 is an arc surface, and the arc surface of the second guiding surface 1762 is a surface that can abut against the sloping surface of the first guiding surface 1382 and move to generate a displacement; or the first guiding surface 1382 is an arc surface, the second guiding surface 1762 is a sloping surface, and the sloping surface is a surface that can abut against the arc surface and move to generate a displacement; or the first guiding surface 1382 is a sloping surface, and the second guiding surface 1762 is a sloping surface that can abut against the first guiding surface 1382; or the first guiding surface 1382 is an arc surface, and the second guiding surface 1762 is an arc surface that can abut against the first guiding surface 1382. When the pulling part 132 drives, under the action of the external force, the sliding part 134 to move from the original position of the sliding part 134 toward the direction that deviates from the base 110, the first guiding surface 1382 abuts against the second guiding surface 1762. As the sliding part 134 moves, the first guiding surface 1382 and the second guiding surface 1762 gradually generate a displacement during the abutting and jack up the locking arm 174 through the second guiding part 176, so as to enter the unlocked state.
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When the locking apparatus 100 according to the present invention is used, the pulling part 132 drives, under the action of the external force, the sliding part 134 to move from the original position of the sliding part 134 toward the direction that deviates from the base 110, and the first guiding surface 1382 abuts against the second guiding surface 1762. The resetting apparatus 150 is disposed between the groove stopper 1142 and the slot stopper 1362. As the sliding part 134 moves, the slot stopper 1362 and the groove stopper 1142 generate a displacement change to drive the resetting apparatus 150 to deform, so as to drive the first guiding surface 1382 to slide and gradually generate a displacement change between the second guiding surface 1762 and the first guiding surface 1382 during the abutting. During a displacement change process, the second guiding part 176 is gradually jacked up, that is, the locking arm 174 is gradually jacked up. When an accumulated displacement change reaches a specific value, the locking arm 174 drives the locking hook 178 to be jacked up to a highest position, the locking hook 178 is detached from the locked object, and the locking apparatus enters the unlocked state. When the slot stopper 1362 and the groove stopper 1142 generate the displacement change to drive the resetting apparatus 150 to deform, elastic force generated by the deformation corresponds to the external force. When the external force disappears, the elastic force acts on the resetting apparatus 150, and the resetting apparatus 150 acts on the slot stopper 1362 connected to the resetting apparatus 150, and further acts on the sliding part 134. When the resetting apparatus 150 restores to the initial state, the sliding part 134 also drives the pull handle 130 to restore to the initial position, so as to complete resetting of the locking apparatus.
The locking apparatus 100 provided in the present invention implements, by using an elastic member of a resetting apparatus 150, automatic resetting of the locking apparatus 100 after being unlocked, so as to facilitate use of the locking apparatus 100. In addition, in the locking apparatus 100, a sliding displacement between a second guiding surface 1762 and a first guiding surface 1382 is used to jack up a locking arm 174 of a locking member 170, so as to achieve an unlocking purpose. The structure of the locking apparatus is simple, manufacture is convenient, and assembly is simple, so that product costs can be lowered and production efficiency can be improved.
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201310724664.8 | Dec 2013 | CN | national |