Hybrid connector and assembling method thereof
AssigneeYazaki Corporation
InventorNoboru Yamaguchi
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Abstract
The hybrid connector 1 is completed through first to third assembling steps. The first assembling step inserts sleeves 7, 7 into cylindrical holders 19, 19 until a half insertion state thereof. The second assembling step presses optical element modules 8, 9 against the sleeves 7, 7, which further inserts the sleeves 7, 7 into the cylindrical holders 19, 19, so that the sleeves 7, 7 are completely received in the cylindrical holders 19, 19. The second assembling step assembles simultaneously the sleeves 7, 7 and the optical element modules 8, 9 into the connector. This provides an effective assembling work thereof. The third assembling step causes a shield case 10 to hold the optical element modules 8, 9, while the shield case 10 engages with the cylindrical holders 19, 19.
Claims6
An assembling method of a plug-type hybrid connector integrally having an electrical connector portion and an optical connector portion, the optical connector portion including at least one optical element module having an optical element, a sleeve provided with an optical waveguide, a housing formed with a cylindrical holder, and a case for holding the optical element modules, the housing also accommodating the electrical connector portion, the method comprising:
- a first assembling step for inserting the sleeve into the cylindrical holder until a half insertion state of the sleeve into the cylindrical holder,
- a second assembling step for pressing the optical element module against an end surface of the sleeve so that the sleeve is further inserted into the cylindrical holder to become in a complete insertion state, and
- a third assembling step for engaging the case with the cylindrical holder with the optical element module being held by the case so that the optical element module is secured at its final position.
A plug-type hybrid connector integrally having an electrical connector portion and an optical connector portion, the optical connector portion comprising at least one optical element module having an optical element, a sleeve provided with an optical waveguide, a housing formed with a cylindrical holder, and a case for holding the optical element modules, the housing also accommodating the electrical connector portion,
- wherein the optical element module can push an end surface of the sleeve so that the sleeve is inserted into the cylindrical holder to become in a complete insertion state, and
- the case can engage with the cylindrical holder with the optical element module being held by the case so that the optical element module is secured at its final position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.