Optical module

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9746625-B2
Application number	US-201615222550-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 28, 2016
Priority date	Dec 4, 2015
Publication date	Aug 29, 2017
Grant date	Aug 29, 2017

Abstract

The embodiments of the present disclosure disclose an optical module, comprising a housing, an adaptor and an optical sub-module being provided inside the housing, the adaptor being fixed with the optical sub-module, wherein an optical port component is also provided inside the housing, the optical port component is located at one side of the adaptor far away from the optical sub-module, and an opening is formed at one end of the optical port component far away from the adaptor; a through hole for the optical port component is formed on an end surface of the optical port component close to the adaptor, the adaptor can pass through the through hole for the optical port component to be fixed with the optical port component, and an optical fiber can be inserted into the adaptor from the opening.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An optical module, comprising a housing, an adaptor and an optical sub-module being provided inside the housing, the adapter being fixed with the optical sub-module, wherein an optical port component is also provided inside the housing, the optical port component is located at one side of the adaptor far away from the optical sub-module, and an opening is formed at one end of the optical port component far away from the adaptor; and
a through hole for the optical port component is formed on an end surface of the optical port component close to the adaptor, the adaptor can pass through the through hole for the optical port component to be fixed with the optical port component, and an optical fiber can be inserted into the adaptor from the opening,
wherein a first limiting protrusion and a second limiting protrusion are sleeved on the adaptor, both of the first limiting protrusion and the second limiting protrusion are fixed with the adaptor, and a groove is formed between the first limiting protrusion and the second limiting protrusion,
a connecting, member is sleeved on the adaptor, and the connecting member is clamped in the groove, and
when the adaptor passes through the through hole for port component, the connecting member is fixed with the optical port component.

2. The optical module according to claim 1 , wherein the optical port component is detachably connected to the housing.

3. The optical module according to claim 2 , wherein a first groove is provided on a bottom surface of the optical port component, a third limiting protrusion is provided on a bottom surface of the housing, and the first groove matches with the third limiting protrusion;
a second groove is provided at one end in the bottom surface of the optical port component far away from the adaptor, a fourth limiting protrusion is provided on the bottom surface of the housing, and the fourth limiting protrusion is damped inside the second groove.

4. The optical module according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting member comprises a base plate with hole and side plates fixed at the edges of the base plate with hole;
the adaptor comprises a first segment on which the first limiting protrusion is arranged and a second segment on which the second limiting protrusion is arranged, the first segment is fixed with the optical sub-module, and the first segment is connected to the second segment so that the groove is formed between the first limiting protrusion and the second limiting protrusion; the base plate with hole is clamped in the groove; and the second segment can pass through the through hole for the optical port component; and
when the second segment passes through the through hole for the optical port component, the side plates of the connecting member are fixed with the side surfaces of the optical port component.

5. The optical module according to claim 4 , wherein the side plates of the connecting member are fixed with the side surfaces of the optical port component by gluing.

6. The optical module according to claim 4 , wherein the base plate with hole of the connecting member has a same size as that of an end surface of the optical port component close to the adaptor.

7. The optical module according to claim 1 , wherein the housing comprises a plate-like upper housing and a U-shaped lower housing; and
the upper housing can cover the lower housing.

8. The optical module according to claim 1 , wherein the optical sub-module is a cuboid or a prism.

9. The optical module according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting member is made of metal.

10. The optical module according to claim 1 , wherein the housing comprises an upper housing and a lower housing; a circuit board located at one side of the optical sub-module far away from the adaptor and electrically connected to the optical sub-module is also provided inside the housing; connecting fingers are provided on the circuit board to form an electric interface port; and at least one conductor is provided between the optical port component and the electric interface port, and the conductor extends from the upper housing to the lower housing.

11. The optical module according to claim 10 , wherein the circuit board is provided with a through hole for the circuit board, and the conductor passes through the through hole for the circuit board and extends downward to the lower housing.

12. The optical module according to claim 11 , wherein a tubular structure matched with the conductor is fixed on an upper surface of the lower housing; there are external threads on the surface of the conductor; there are internal threads inside the tubular structure; and upon passing the conductor through the through hole for the circuit board, the conductor is screwed into the tubular structure.

13. The optical module according to claim 10 , wherein the conductor is set to be perpendicular to the upper housing and/or the lower housing.

14. The optical module according to claim 13 , wherein the conductor has a cylindrical structure.

15. The optical module according to claim 14 , wherein there is a plurality of conductors, and the plurality of conductors are located in a same plane perpendicular to a length direction of the optical module.

16. The optical module according to claim 15 , wherein the plurality of conductors are evenly arranged between two sides of the upper housing or the lower housing.

17. The optical module according to claim 14 , wherein there is one conductor, and the conductor is located in the middle of a space between the two sides of the upper housing or the lower housing.

18. The optical module according to claim 10 , wherein a segment of plate-like protection wall is protruded outward from the lower housing with respect to the connecting fingers.

Assignees

• Hisense Broadband Multimedia Technology Co Ltd
• Hisense Usa Corp
• Hisense Int Co Ltd
• Hisense Usa Corp

Inventors

• Zhao Wei
• Cui Wei
• Pan Hongchao
• Liu Yinlong
• Yu Lin

Classifications

• G02B6/428

  containing printed circuit boards [PCB] · CPC title

• G02B6/3825

  with an intermediate part, e.g. adapter, receptacle, linking two plugs · CPC title

• G02B6/4278

  related to pluggable or demountable opto-electronic or electronic elements · CPC title

• G02B6/4292 Primary

  the light guide being disconnectable from the opto-electronic element, e.g. mutually self aligning arrangements · CPC title

• G02B6/4257 Primary

  having a supporting carrier or a mounting substrate or a mounting plate (G02B6/3648 takes precedence) · CPC title