Cable assembly having movable optical modules
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorJerry Wu
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Abstract
A cable assembly includes an insulative housing having a main portion, and a mating portion extending forwardly from the mating portion. An optical device is attached to the housing and has a pair of optical module movable accommodated in the mating portion along a front-to-back direction for optical transmitting. The optical modules each has a seat and a number of lenses supported by the seat. The pair of optical modules are adapted for connecting two corresponding connectors, respectively, and a combination of the pair of the optical modules is also adapted for connecting a single corresponding connector.
Claims16
A cable assembly, comprising:
- an insulative housing having a main portion, and a mating portion extending forwardly from the mating portion;
- an optical device received the housing, the optical device having a pair of optical modules movable accommodated in the mating portion along a front-to-back direction for optical transmitting, said optical modules each having a seat and a number of lenses supported by the seat;
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- a cable connected to the lenses and extending backwardly beyond the housing;
- wherein the pair of optical modules are adapted for connecting two corresponding connectors, respectively, and a combination of the pair of the optical modules are adapted for connecting a single corresponding connector;
- wherein the mating portion includes an upper depression, a lower depression opposited to the upper depression, and a mating tongue located between the upper and the lower depressions, the upper and the lower depressions extend forwardly through the mating portion, the pair of optical modules are capable of sliding along the upper and the lower depressions, respectively.
A cable assembly, comprising:
- an insulative housing defining an upper depression, and a lower depression spaced away from the upper depression, both of the upper and the lower depressions extending forwardly through the housing;
- a pair of optical modules respectively movably retained in the upper and the lower depressions in a mating direction of the cable assembly in condition that the pair of optical module are without interfering with each other, each of the pair the optical modules having a seat, at least one lens mounted into the seat, and at least one fiber coupled to the lens and extending backwardly beyond the housing;
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- a cable located behind the housing and connected to the fiber;
- further comprising a metallic upper cap and a metallic lower cap, both of which are retained on the mating portion to directly cover the optical modules, respectively;
- wherein the housing includes a main portion, and a mating portion extending forwardly from the main portion and holding the pair of optical modules for being inserted into a corresponding connector, the upper and the lower caps are retained on the mating portion.
A cable connector assembly comprising:
- a housing defining a pair of opposite receiving cavities spaced, via a partition wall, from each other in a transverse direction perpendicular to a lengthwise direction wherein a dimension of the housing in the transverse direction is much shorter than that in the lengthwise direction;
- a pair of optical modules disposed in the corresponding receiving cavities, respectively and independently back and forth moveable therein along a front-to-back direction perpendicular to both said transverse direction and said lengthwise direction;
- two sets of grooves formed in the housing and spaced from each other in a transverse direction to receive two sets of optical fibers which optically couple to the corresponding optical modules, respectively;
- and
- an external cover encloses the housing and said two sets of optical fibers;
- wherein
- a front end of each optical module is forwardly exposed to an exterior in said front-to-back direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.