Connector having floatable optical module
First Claim
1. A connector comprising:
- an insulating seat defines a receiving cavity opening forwards and a receiving room at an opposite side of the receiving cavity, a plurality of conductive terminals exposing in the receiving room;
an optical module defining lenses at a front mating face thereof and a first touch portion at a rear face thereof;
an actuating device located behind the rear face of the optical module to urge the optical module moving forwards, the actuating device comprising a spring coil and a connecting member, the connecting member integrally defining a second touch portion which is urged by the spring coil to contact with the first touch portion and a second connecting post received in a front end of the spring coil so that the connecting member engage the positioning post;
wherein one of the first touch portion and the second touch portion provides a vertex and the other of the first touch portion and the second touch portion provides a planar so as to achieve a vertex-to-planar contact relationship between the first touch portion and the second touch portion;
wherein the insulating seat defines a positioning post integrally extending towards the receiving cavity and received in a rear end of the spring coil so that the spring coil engages the positioning post.
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Abstract
A connector includes an insulating seat defining a receiving cavity opening forwards, an optical module movably received in the receiving cavity and an actuating device. The optical module defines lenses at a front mating face thereof and a first touch portion at a rear face thereof. The actuating device is located behind the rear face of the optical module to urge the optical module moving forwards. The actuating device includes a spring coil and a connecting member defining a second touch portion which is urged by the spring coil to contact with the first touch portion. One of the first touch portion and the second touch portion provides a vertex and the other provides a planar so as to arrive a vertex-to-planar contact relationship between the first touch portion and the second touch portion.
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16 Claims
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1. A connector comprising:
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an insulating seat defines a receiving cavity opening forwards and a receiving room at an opposite side of the receiving cavity, a plurality of conductive terminals exposing in the receiving room; an optical module defining lenses at a front mating face thereof and a first touch portion at a rear face thereof; an actuating device located behind the rear face of the optical module to urge the optical module moving forwards, the actuating device comprising a spring coil and a connecting member, the connecting member integrally defining a second touch portion which is urged by the spring coil to contact with the first touch portion and a second connecting post received in a front end of the spring coil so that the connecting member engage the positioning post; wherein one of the first touch portion and the second touch portion provides a vertex and the other of the first touch portion and the second touch portion provides a planar so as to achieve a vertex-to-planar contact relationship between the first touch portion and the second touch portion; wherein the insulating seat defines a positioning post integrally extending towards the receiving cavity and received in a rear end of the spring coil so that the spring coil engages the positioning post. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A connector comprising:
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an insulative housing defining a receiving cavity; an optical module back and forth moveable in the receiving cavity along a front-to-back direction and providing lenses on a front end to define an optical mating port, and a first touching portion on a rear portion; a plurality of fibers located behind and linked to the optical module; an actuating device essentially located behind the optical module and including a spring equipped with a connecting member providing thereon and a second touching portion which forwardly contacts the first touching portion to constantly urge the optical module to move forward;
whereinone of the first touching portion and the second touching portion defines a convex structure and the other defines a planar structure constantly contacting said convex structure to commonly form a point-to-plane contact therebetween;
whereinsaid convex structure defines a circular configuration in an elevational view;
whereinsaid spring is a coil spring with a circular cross-section and a center axis aligned with that of the convex structure;
whereinsaid housing defines at least a semi-cylindrical recess snugly receiving said coil spring therein. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A connector comprising:
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an insulative housing comprising a tongue seat, the tongue seat defining a first face and a second face opposite to the first face; a metallic shell fitly surrounding the tongue seat, thereby defining a first mating cavity between the first face of the tongue seat and the metallic shell and a second mating cavity between the second face of the tongue seat and the metallic shell; an optical module moveable in the first mating cavity along a front-to-back direction, and providing lenses on a front end thereof and a first touching portion on a rear portion thereof; a plurality of fibers located behind and linked to the optical module; an actuating device essentially located behind the optical module and including a spring equipped with a connecting member providing thereon and a second touching portion which forwardly contacts the first touching portion to constantly urge the optical module to move forward; a plurality of conductive terminals with contacting portion arranged on the second face and exposing to the second mating cavity; wherein the first touching portion and the second touching portion are disposed between two adjacent lenses in a lateral direction perpendicular to the front-to-back direction; wherein the first touching portion and the second touching portion provide a constantly multi-direction contact therebetween. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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