Protection cap for fiber coupler

• US 6,247,849 B1
• Filed: 09/14/1998
• Issued: 06/19/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 09/13/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Alliance Fiber Optic Products Incorporated (Corning Incorporated)
• Inventors: Liu, Ching-Yuan
• Primary Examiner(s): Kim, Robert H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lee, Andrew H.
• Application Number:
  US09/153,092
• Time in Patent Office: 1,009 Days
• Field of Search: 385/55-84
• US Class Current: 385/55
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/3825 with an intermediate part, e.g. adapter, receptacle, linking two plugs
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 6/3849 using mechanical protective elements, e.g. caps, hoods, sealing membranes G02B6/3816 takes precedence; provisionally see H01R13/44

Abstract

A protection cap for use with a fiber coupler having at least a first housing comprises a casing defining a passage therethrough for receiving at least a portion of the housing, and a covering lid pivotally assembled to the casing for enclosing an end of the passage.

Claims

1. A protection cap for a fiber coupler, the fiber coupler having at least a first housing defining a slot in a side wall thereof, the protection cap comprising:

a casing having no slot in side walls thereof and defining a passage therethrough for receiving at least a portion of said housing thereby covering the slot; and

a covering lid pivotally assembled to said casing for enclosing an end of said passage.

2. A protection cap as recited in claim 1, wherein said covering lid includes a pair of supporting arms pivotally assembled to corresponding supporting lugs formed integrally on said casing.

3. A protection cap as recited in claim 1, further including a coil spring arranged between said covering lid and said casing.

4. A protection cap as recited in claim 3, wherein an end of said coil spring abuts against said covering lid and the other end abuts against said casing.

5. A protection cap as recited in claim 1, wherein said casing includes at least an anchoring tab interferentially engaged with a fastening recess defined in a said housing.

6. A fiber coupler, comprising:

a coupling housing including at least a first housing, said first housing defining a fully empty rectangular receiving recess for optically connecting a fiber plug therein, and a guiding slot defined in a side wall of said housing thereof;

a casing defining a passage therethrough for receiving at least a portion of said housing thereby covering the guiding slot; and

a covering lid pivotally assembled to said casing for enclosing an end of said passage.

7. A fiber coupler as recited in claim 6, wherein said housing includes a fastening recess.

8. A fiber coupler as recited in claim 7, wherein said casing includes a fastening tab for engaging with said fastening recess of said housing.

9. A fiber coupler as recited in claim 6, wherein said coupling housing further comprising a second housing interconnected with said first housing.

10. A fiber coupler as recited in claim 6, wherein said covering lid includes a pair of supporting arms pivotally assembled to corresponding supporting lugs integrally formed on said housing.

11. A fiber coupler as recited in claim 6, further including a coil spring arranged between said covering lid and said casing.

12. A fiber coupler as recited in claim 11, wherein an end of said coil spring abuts against said covering lid and the other end abuts against said casing.

13. A fiber coupler as recited in claim 6, wherein said casing includes at least an anchoring tab engaged with a fastening recess defined in said housing.

14. A fiber coupler including:

a coupling housing comprising a first housing and a second housing interconnecting to each other, both of said first housing and said second housing respectively defining receiving recesses in alignment with each other;

a casing defining a passageway therethrough receiving at least one of said first and said second housings in a coaxial arrangement a distal end of said at least one of said first and second housings located adjacent an outer end of said casing; and

a covering lid assembled to said casing at said outer end thereof and coving the outer end of said casing and the corresponding receiving recess of said at least one of said first housing and said second housing.

15. A fiber coupler as recited in claim 14, wherein said first housing and said second housing are identical with each other.