OPTICAL FIBER SOCKET

Abstract

An optical fiber socket includes a hollow insulative housing, two openings in a bottom face of the insulative housing for receiving two optical fiber plugs and two illuminating elements accommodated inside the insulative housing for connection with the optical fiber plugs. The insulative housing has a first baffle and a second baffle to divide the insulative housing into a first receiving space for receiving therein one illuminating element, a second receiving space for receiving therein the other illuminating element. Terminals are provided to engage with the illuminating element in the first receiving space and have elongated ends extending out of the insulative housing thereof such that two optical fiber plugs in connection to the insulative housing are able to complete information input/output.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of the optical fiber socket of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing that two illuminating elements are accommodated in the insulative housing;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing that the two terminals are accommodated in the insulative housing;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing that the two terminals are mounted to complete the assembly of the optical fiber socket of the present invention; and

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing that the optical fiber socket of the present invention is provided with two openings defined in a bottom face of the insulative housing.

Claims

1. An optical fiber socket adapted to be mounted on a circuit board, the optical fiber socket comprising: an insulative housing defined therein a first receiving space, a second receiving space and an intermediate receiving space sandwiched between the first receiving space and the second receiving space, wherein the first receiving space and the second receiving space both have a bottom face and two openings defined in the respective bottom face of the first receiving space and the second receiving space of the insulative housing for receiving two optical fiber plugs;a first illuminating element having a conducting end accommodated in the first receiving space;a second illuminating element having a conducting end accommodated in the second receiving space;plural terminals each having a connecting end and an elongated end; andan end block accommodated in the insulative housing so as to firmly position the second illuminating element and the terminals, wherein the circuit board and the second illuminating element is electrically connected to one another and the first illuminating element is electrically connected to the circuit board by way of the terminals.

2. The optical fiber socket as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first receiving space and the second receiving space each has bosses and a through hole formed on the respective bottom face of the first receiving space and the second receiving space, the respective through hole communicates with openings defined in the insulative housing.

3. The optical fiber socket as claimed in claim 2, wherein top bosses are formed on the bottom face of the first receiving space and bottom bosses are formed on the bottom face of the second receiving space, both top bosses and bottom bosses are provided to secure the illuminating elements, protrusions are formed on a side wall of the second receiving space and have passages defined to allow extension of the conducting ends of the illuminating elements.

4. The optical fiber socket as claimed in claim 1, wherein a baffle between the first receiving space and the intermediate receiving space has plural slits for extension of the conducting ends of each of the illuminating elements, each slit has a pair of guiding tracks defined in two opposed sides defining the slit to receive therein the connecting ends of the terminals, a side wall between the intermediate receiving space and the second receiving space has trenches to receive therein the elongated ends of the terminals.

5. The optical fiber socket as claimed in claim 4, wherein each terminal has a substantially U-shaped indent defined in a bottom face of the connecting end thereof and two interference portions respectively formed on two opposed sides of the connecting end to secure engage with a side wall of the trench.

6. The optical fiber socket as claimed in claim 1, wherein two stops are respectively provided on two opposite sides of the second receiving space and each stop has a receiving space and a passage defined between one of the two stops and one of the protrusions.

7. The optical fiber socket as claimed in claim 1, wherein the end block has two rows of through holes, two ledges respectively extending from two opposed sides thereof to be accommodated in the receiving recesses, two arms extending out from a rear side face thereof and the passages between the protrusions and the stops and two hooks each formed on a corresponding free end of the two arms.