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US 10,591,962 B2Granted
Cage assembly for optical modules
AssigneeHewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
InventorsKevin B Leigh, John Norton, George D Megason
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Abstract
In one example, a system for a cage assembly for an optical module includes a receptacle coupled to an interposer card, a number of rails coupled to the interposer card to align an optical module with the receptacle, and a mezzanine card coupled to the interposer card, wherein the optical module is utilized via the mezzanine card.
Claims13
A system for a cage assembly for an optical module, comprising:
- a receptacle coupled to an interposer card;
- a number of rails coupled to the interposer card to align an optical module with the receptacle;
- a mezzanine card coupled to the interposer card, wherein the optical module is utilized via the mezzanine card;
- and
- a retention mechanism to couple the optical module to the interposer card, wherein the retention mechanism is coupled to a heat sink.
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A cage assembly for an optical module, comprising:
- a receptacle coupled to a number of rails to receive an optical module, wherein the number of rails align the optical module with the receptacle;
- a retention mechanism coupled to the number of rails to couple a heat sink to the optical module;
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- a blind-mate connector coupled to the optical module via jumper fibers.
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A system for a cage assembly for an optical module, comprising:
- a receptacle coupled to an interposer card to couple a MSA paddle card optical module to the interposer card;
- a number of rails coupled to the interposer card to align the MSA paddle card optical module with the receptacle;
- a retention clip coupled to the number of rails to couple a heat sink to the MSA paddle card optical module;
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- a blind-mate optical connector coupled to the paddle card optical module, wherein the blind-mate optical connector couples the interposer card to a system board.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.