OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY

摘要

An optical fiber connector assembly includes a receptacle, two connectors accommodated in respective accommodation grooves in the receptacle and having a respective clip located at a top side thereof for engagement with a respective retaining groove in a mating optical fiber adapter, an optical fiber cable having two optical fibers respectively mounted in the connectors, and a sliding cover covered on the receptacle and movable relative to the receptacle to elastically deform the clips and to further disengage the clips from the respective retaining grooves of the optical fiber adapter for allowing removal of the optical fiber connector assembly out of the optical fiber adapter with less effort.

主权项

1. An optical fiber connector assembly, comprising:
a receptacle comprising a body shell and at least one accommodation groove defined in said body shell; an optical fiber cable comprising at least one optical fiber; at least one connector respectively accommodated in said at least one accommodation groove of said receptacle and insertable into a respective connector channel in an adapter housing of an optical fiber adapter, each said connector comprising a connector housing insertable into one said connector channel of said optical fiber adapter, a clip formed integral with and upwardly extended from a top wall of said connector housing, said clip comprising two protruding retaining portions respectively located at two opposite lateral sides thereof on the middle for engagement with respective retaining grooves in the respective said connector channel of said optical fiber adapter, a press rod backwardly upwardly extended from a rear end thereof and a recessed portion located in a top wall thereof at a front side relative to said press rod, a calibration tube mounted in said connector housing for holding one respective said optical fiber of said optical fiber cable, and a boot surrounding a rear part of said calibration tube and connected to a rear side of said connector housing; and a sliding cover slidably coupled to said receptacle for covering said at least one connector in said receptacle, said sliding cover comprising a cover body movable relative to said receptacle between a close position to keep said at least one connector from sight and an open position to expose said at least one connector to the outside of said receptacle, a push unit located at a front side of said cover body and adapted for pressing said clip of one said connector, said push unit comprising at least one horizontal suspension arm and a cam located at one side of a front end of each said horizontal suspension arm for positioning in said recessed portion of said clip of one said connector, each said cam being moved over said press rod of said clip of one respective said connector to elastically deform said clip and to disengage said clip from the respective said retaining groove of said optical fiber adapter when said sliding cover is pulled backwards relative to said receptacle.