MPO type optical fiber adapter

• US 8,202,009 B2
• Filed: 07/31/2009
• Issued: 06/19/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Protai Photonic Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Protai Photonic Co., Ltd., SENKO Advanced Components, Inc. (SENKO Group Holdings Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Lin, I En, Mamiya, Tomoyuki, Yang, Jyh Cherng
• Primary Examiner(s): Stahl, Mike
• Application Number:
  US12/533,282
• Publication Number:
  US 20090290838A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,054 Days
• Field of Search: None
• 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 6/3885 Multicore or multichannel optical connectors, i.e. one single ferrule containing more than one fibre, e.g. ribbon type optical ribbon cable G02B6/4403, G02B6/448

Abstract

An MPO type optical fiber adapter according to the present invention is provided. The main body of the MPO type adapter is unitary thereby avoiding the prior art problem that the stresses cause the two halves of the adapter to separate from each other after time.

Claims

1. An optical fiber adapter for optically coupling two optical fiber connectors with each other, each the optical fiber connector having two recesses thereon, the optical fiber adapter comprising:

two hook members each having a pair of hooks adapted to hook on the recesses of the optical fiber connectors and two opposing walls defining with the two hooks an accommodation room;

a hollow middle member; and

a unitary main body having an axial cavity defined by a first side-wall, a second side-wall, a third side-wall and a fourth side-wall, the first side-wall being opposite to the third side-wall and connecting with the second and fourth side-walls, the axial cavity having two opposing axial openings, the first side-wall having an access opening for the hook members and middle member to place within the axial cavity,

wherein the middle member is positioned between the hook members when the hook members and middle member are placed in the axial cavity of the main body.

2. The optical fiber adapter as claimed in claim 1, wherein each the hook member further comprises a flange for the walls and hooks thereof to extend therefrom, the flange has an opening positioned between the hooks.

3. The optical fiber adapter as claimed in claim 2, wherein each of the second and fourth side-walls is provided with two protrusions, the flanges of the hook members are against the protrusions on the second and fourth side-walls when the hook members and middle member are placed in the axial cavity of the main body.

4. The optical fiber adapter as claimed in claim 2, wherein the middle member comprises a plurality of ribs thereon, the ribs are in contact with the flanges of the hook members when the hook members and middle member are placed in the axial cavity of the main body.

5. The optical fiber adapter as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a cover connecting with the middle member, adapted to cover the access opening on the first side-wall.

6. The optical fiber adapter as claimed in claim 5, wherein the cover is provided with a plurality of protrusions adapted to be in engagement with a plurality of openings formed on the main body.

7. The optical fiber adapter as claimed in claim 5, wherein the cover is integrally formed with the middle member.

8. The optical fiber adapter as claimed in claim 1, wherein each the hook member has an indentation formed on one of the walls thereof to receive a protrusion formed on the optical fiber connector.

9. The optical fiber adapter as claimed in claim 1, wherein one of the hook members has a protrusion formed on one of the walls thereof, an indentation is formed near one of the axial openings on the first side-wall to receive the protrusion on the hook member.

10. The optical fiber adapter as claimed in claim 1, wherein one of the hook members has a protrusion formed on one of the walls thereof, two protrusions are formed near one of the axial openings on the third side-wall, the space between the two protrusions on the third side-wall is adapted to receive the protrusion on the hook member.

11. The optical fiber adapter as claimed in claim 1, wherein the optical fiber connectors are MPO type.

12. The optical fiber adapter as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hook members are identical to each other.

13. The optical fiber adapter as claimed in claim 1, wherein the middle member is annular.