Component retention method and retention mechanism
AssigneeAll Ring Tech Co., Ltd.
InventorsChun-Hung TSAI, Heng-Hui LIU, Yu-Sheng GUO, Li-Hsin CHEN
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Abstract
A component retention method is for retaining an optical fiber array unit that includes an optical coupler, a receptacle portion, and an optical fiber portion connected between the optical coupler and the receptacle portion, and includes: providing a retention member having a first retention portion and a second retention portion; retaining the optical coupler of the optical fiber array unit with the first retention portion; and retaining the receptacle portion of the optical fiber array unit with the second retention portion.
Claims20
A component retention method for retaining an optical fiber array unit, the optical fiber array unit including an optical coupler, a receptacle portion, and an optical fiber portion connected between the optical coupler and the receptacle portion, the component retention method comprising:
- providing a retention member having a first retention portion and a second retention portion;
- retaining the optical coupler of the optical fiber array unit with the first retention portion;
- and
- retaining the receptacle portion of the optical fiber array unit with the second retention portion.
A retention mechanism adapted for retaining an optical fiber array unit, the optical fiber array unit including an optical coupler, a receptacle portion, and an optical fiber portion connected between the optical coupler and the receptacle portion, said retention mechanism comprising:
- a retention unit that includes a retention member including a first retention portion and a second retention portion spaced apart from said first retention portion;
- said first retention portion that is adapted for retaining the optical coupler of the optical fiber array unit;
- and
- said second retention portion that is adapted for retaining the receptacle portion of the optical fiber array unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.