Optical module with bare fiber clamp

摘要

An optical module includes a housing, an actuator and a fiber clamp having at least one spring member. The actuator and housing are moveable in a sliding manner relative to one another such that the actuator can assume a first actuator position or a second actuator position relative to the housing. The spring member has a first portion in sliding contact with a ramped surface of the actuator and a second portion movable between a first clamp position and a second clamp position in response to sliding movement of the actuator between the first actuator position and second actuator position, respectively. Movement of the second portion of the spring member to the second clamp position reduces a dimension of a fiber passage in the module to frictionally engage an optical fiber in the fiber passage.

主权项

1. An optical module, comprising:
a housing having a first port for receiving a first optical fiber; an actuator having a portion slideably engageable with the housing and having a ramped surface, the actuator slideably movable relative to the housing between a first actuator position and a second actuator position; a fiber clamp comprising a first spring member, the first spring member having a first portion in sliding contact with the ramped surface of the actuator and a second portion movable between a first clamp position and a second clamp position in response to sliding movement of the actuator between the first actuator position and the second actuator position, the second portion of the first spring member having a planar shape and being metallic and oriented perpendicular to a central axis of the housing to promote EMI shielding of an interior of the housing, the second portion of the first spring member having an opening with a dimension substantially equal to an optical fiber diameter, the opening defining a portion of the first fiber passage, and an internal wall of the opening in the second portion of the first spring member moving into contact with a first optical fiber within the first fiber passage to reduce the dimension of the first fiber passage and frictionally engage the first optical fiber in response to the second portion of the first spring member moving from the first clamp position to the second clamp position.