Plug construction for an optical plug-and-socket connection
AssigneeDiamond SA
InventorSilverio De Marchi
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Abstract
A plug-and-socket connection includes a socket part on a mother board and a plug part on a daughter board. The plug part comprises a plug housing axially displaceably mounted on a daughter board. A securing mechanism latches the socket part in a latched position. The plug housing, in the insertion direction, is directly or indirectly supported on a push element in the form of a leaf spring with an angled part. The spring force of this leaf spring maintains the support until reaching the latching position. With a continued pushing movement, the support is automatically released by yielding of the leaf spring. In this manner the daughter board, after reaching the latching position, may be decoupled from the mother board.
Claims13
An optical connector comprising
- a socket part adapted for mounting on a mother board,
- a plug part adapted for mounting on a daughter board,
- said plug part comprising a plug housing adapted to be received in said socket part when moved in an insertion direction toward a latching position,
- a resilient element for supporting the plug housing on the daughter board, which after reaching the latching position, is decoupled from the mother board by supporting the plug housing on a resilient element, said element providing a spring force which maintains the support until the latching position is reached and then automatically disengages when the plug part is moved further in the insertion direction,
- said resilient element being a leaf spring, extending in said insertion direction, and having a fixed end and a free end having an angled part, said angled part cooperating with an abutment in such a way that, after reaching a predetermined pushing force, the angled part overrides the abutment by a swinging out movement of the leaf spring.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.