US 2021/0263245 A1 · OPTICAL CONNECTOR AND OPTICAL CONNECTOR MODULE AND OPERATION METHOD USING THE SAME

Abstract

The present invention provides an optical connector coupled to an optical receptacle, wherein the optical connector comprises an outer housing, a coupling module, and a latch structure. The coupling module is disposed in the outer housing for slidably connecting to the outer housing. When the latch structure is operated at a first position, the optical connector is unable to be taken away from the optical receptacle, and when the latch structure is operated at a second position, the outer housing is allowed to slide relative to the coupling module whereby the optical connector is taken away from the optical receptacle. In another embodiment, the present invention further provides an optical module and an operation method in which a movement for changing the position of the latch structure is operated to lock the optical connector into the optical receptacle or take the optical connector away from the optical receptacle.

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Dependent claims

An optical connector for coupling to an optical receptacle, comprising:

an outer housing;
a coupling module, disposed in the outer housing and slidably connected to the outer housing;
and
a latch structure, wherein when the latch structure is located at a first position, the optical connector is not able to be taken away from the optical receptacle;
and when the latch structure is located at a second position, the outer housing is slid relative to the coupling module whereby the optical connector is taken away from the optical receptacle.

2 more elements

An optical connector module, comprising:

an optical receptacle, having a claw member;
an optical connector, coupled to the optical receptacle, and buckled with the claw member, the optical connector including an outer housing, a coupling module, and a latch structure, a unbuckle portion of the outer housing located in the claw member, the coupling module disposed in and slidably connected to the outer housing, and the claw member buckled on the coupling module, wherein when the latch structure is located at a first position, the outer housing and the optical module are moved together, so that the optical connector is unable to take away from the optical receptacle;
and when the latch structure is located at a second position, the outer housing is moved relative to the coupling module by an external force, so that the unbuckle portion of the outer housing is moved with the external force, thereby releasing the claw member from the coupling module and making the optical connector taken away from the optical receptacle.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Optical connector and optical connector module and operation method using the same

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