US 12,487,411 B2
Optical fiber adapter, optical fiber connector plug, connector assembly, and communication device
Xiupeng Li, Wuhan (CN); Shangjun Peng, Wuhan (CN); and Yuanyuan Li, Wuhan (CN)
Assigned to HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Filed on Feb. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/176,424.
Application 18/176,424 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2021/082462, filed on Mar. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 202010901757.3 (CN), filed on Aug. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0280542 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. G02B 6/38 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/3825 (2013.01) [G02B 6/387 (2013.01); G02B 6/3881 (2013.01); G02B 6/3849 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An optical fiber adapter, comprising:
an adapter body, the adapter body being provided with a first slot, and the first slot is configured to receive an optical fiber connector plug;
a first locking structure, the first locking structure being disposed on the adapter body and configured to cooperate with a second locking structure of the optical fiber connector plug to secure the optical fiber adapter to the optical fiber connector plug, the first locking structure comprising:
a first part, the first part is elastically connected to the first groove wall and extends in the axial direction of the adapter body; and
a second part, the second part is bent and connected to one end of the first part away from the first groove wall, the second part extends toward an interior of the first slot and forms an included angle with the first part, and at least a portion of the second part is located inside the first slot, a surface of the second part facing the second groove wall is a first matching surface, and the first matching surface is configured to abut against a second matching surface of the second locking structure; and
a pressing member, the pressing member being connected to the adapter body, the pressing member being configured to slide relative to the adapter body and configured to drive the first locking structure to be unlocked from the second locking structure.