Cage assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9787034-B2
Application number	US-201615099305-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 14, 2016
Priority date	Apr 15, 2015
Publication date	Oct 10, 2017
Grant date	Oct 10, 2017

Abstract

A cage assembly comprises a cage, at least one heat sink, at least one clip and at least one light guide. The cage comprises a front end, a rear end, a top wall positioned between the front end and the rear end and a rear wall positioned at the rear end, the cage is formed with at least one port, the port extends from the front end to the rear end. The heat sink is provided on the top wall of the cage and corresponds to one port. The clip comprises a frame engaged with the top wall and fixing the heat sink and a holding piece extending upwardly from the frame. The light guide has a front section and a rear section, the front section is formed with a first post extending rearwardly, the rear section is formed with two second posts respectively extending forwardly, the first post is inserted into a first hole formed to the holding piece of the clip along a front-to-rear direction, the two second posts are respectively inserted into two second holes formed to the rear wall of the cage along a rear-to-front direction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A cage assembly, comprising:
a cage comprising a front end, a rear end, a top wall positioned between the front end and the rear end, and a rear wall positioned at the rear end, and the cage being formed with at least one port;
a heat sink provided on the top wall of the cage and corresponding to one port;
a clip engaged with the cage and comprising a frame fixing the heat sink and a holding piece extending upwardly from the frame; and
a light guide having a front section positioned above the top wall of the cage of and a rear section positioned behind the rear wall of the cage, the front section being formed with a first post extending rearwardly, the rear section being formed with at least two second posts respectively extending forwardly, the holding piece of the clip being formed with a first hole, the first post of the light guide being inserted into the first hole of the holding piece of the clip along a front-to-rear direction , the rear wall of the cage being formed with second holes respectively corresponding to the second posts, the second post of the light guide being inserted into the second hole of the rear wall of the cage along a rear-to-front direction,
wherein the frame of the clip defines an opening along a periphery of the frame, and the clip has a front frame bar, the holding piece is bent upwardly from the front frame bar,
wherein the light guide comprises at least two light pipes which are connected with each other, the front section has a first bridging portion connecting the at least two light pipes, the first bridging portion has a downward extending portion protruding downwardly and positioned between the two light pipes, the first post is formed to the downward extending portion, the rear section extends downwardly toward the rear wall of the cage and has a second bridging portion connecting the at least two light pipes, and
wherein one of the second posts is a similar cylinder formed by partially cutting a cylinder along an axial direction and has a cut-formed portion.

2. The cage assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the cage is formed with a plurality of ports side by side.

3. The cage assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the cage further comprises a bottom wall opposite to and spaced apart from the top wall, two side walls each connecting the bottom wall and the top wall, and a plurality of dividing walls spaced apart from each other and provided between the two side walls, the plurality of dividing walls and the two side walls cooperate with each other to define the plurality of ports.

4. The cage assembly according to claim 3 , wherein the front end of the cage is further formed with a plurality of elastic pieces side by side.

5. A cage assembly, comprising:
a cage comprising a front end, a rear end, a top wall positioned between the front end and the rear end, and a rear wall positioned at the rear end, and the cage being formed with at least one port;
a heat sink provided on the top wall of the cage and corresponding to one port;
a clip engaged with the cage and comprising a frame fixing the heat sink and a holding piece extending upwardly from the frame; and
a light guide having a front section positioned above the top wall of the cage of and a rear section positioned behind the rear wall of the cage, the front section being formed with a first post extending rearwardly, the rear section being formed with at least two second posts respectively extending forwardly, the holding piece of the clip being formed with a first hole, the first post of the light guide being inserted into the first hole of the holding piece of the clip along a front-to-rear direction, the rear wall of the cage being formed with second holes respectively corresponding to the second posts, the second post of the light guide being inserted into the second hole of the rear wall of the cage along a rear-to-front direction, wherein the top wall of the cage is further formed with at least one latching hole, the clip further comprises a hook portion extending downwardly from the frame and is used to engage with the latching hole.

6. The cage assembly according to claim 5 , wherein the rear wall of the cage is further formed with at least one rear tab protruding from the rear wall, the clip further comprises at least one extending latch piece extending downwardly from the frame, the extending latch piece has a latch hole, the two rear tabs of the rear wall pass through the latching hole and are engaged with the extending latch piece.

7. The cage assembly according to claim 5 , wherein the cage is formed with a plurality of ports side by side.

8. The cage assembly according to claim 7 , wherein the cage further comprises a bottom wall opposite to and spaced apart from the top wall, two side walls each connecting the bottom wall and the top wall, and a plurality of dividing walls spaced apart from each other and provided between the two side walls, the plurality of dividing walls and the two side walls cooperate with each other to define the plurality of ports.

9. The cage assembly according to claim 8 , wherein the front end of the cage is further formed with a plurality of elastic pieces side by side.

Assignees

• Molex Llc

Inventors

• Yang Hui-Hsuan
• Chen Yen-Lin

Classifications

• H01R13/6587 Primary

  for mounting on PCBs · CPC title

• G02B6/3817

  containing optical and electrical conductors (cables including electrical and optical conductors H01B11/22; G02B6/3816 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G02B6/0008

  the light being emitted at the end of the fibre · CPC title

• H01R13/659

  with plural ports for distinct connectors · CPC title