Connector assembly with floatable fiber device
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorsHSIEN-CHU LIN, CHI-NAN LIAO, GENN-SHENG LEE
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A connector assembly (100) includes an insulative housing (1) having a main portion (11) and a tongue portion (12) extending forwardly from the main portion, the main portion (11) defining a depression (111) and the tongue portion (12) defining a cavity (121), and a column (1110) located in the depression; a fiber device (3) including a base (30), two lenses (33) and two fibers (35), the base enclosing the two lenses and the two fibers connecting to the two lenses, respectively; and the two fibers extending into the depression and crossing each other around the column.
Claims19
A connector assembly, comprising:
- an insulative housing including a main portion and a tongue portion extending forwardly from the main portion, the main portion defining a depression and the tongue portion defining a cavity, and a column located in the depression;
- a fiber device including a base, two lenses and two fibers, the base enclosing the two lenses and the two fibers connecting to the two lenses, respectively;
- and
- the two fibers extending into the depression and crossing each other around the column.
An electrical connector assembly comprising:
- an insulative housing defining a main body with a cavity facing toward an exterior;
- and
- a fiber device including a base floating within the cavity in a front-to-back direction, and two lenses equipped with two optical fibers side by side arranged in the base and located by opposite two sides of a centerline of the housing;
- wherein
- each of said optical fibers extends rearward from the corresponding lens and across said centerline at least one time so as to enlarge a corresponding movable area thereof for compromising movement thereof during back and forth movement of the fiber device.
An electrical connector assembly comprising:
- an insulative housing defining a main body with a cavity facing toward an exterior;
- and
- a fiber device including a base floating within the cavity in a front-to-back direction, and two lenses equipped with two optical fibers side by side arranged in the base;
- wherein
- each of said optical fibers extends rearward from the corresponding lens with a serpentine manner before received in a holding groove so as to enlarge a corresponding movable area thereof between the holding groove and the base for compromising movement thereof during back and forth movement of the fiber device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.