Receptacle assembly having cabled receptacle connector

A cabled receptacle connector for a receptacle assembly comprising:

• a cable assembly including a frame holding contacts, the contacts being terminated to cables of the cable assembly;
• a receptacle housing having a cavity extending between a front and a rear of the receptacle housing, the receptacle housing having a mating slot at the front, the cavity receiving the cable assembly with the contacts positioned in the mating slot for mating engagement with a pluggable module removably received in a receptacle cage of the receptacle assembly, the receptacle housing including a latch mount and a cover removably coupled to the latch mount, the receptacle housing including a latch plate coupled to the latch mount and the cover to secure the cover to the latch mount;
• a latch coupled to the receptacle housing, the latch having a latching tab configured to be latchably coupled to the receptacle cage;
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• a biasing spring having a first end coupled to the latch and a second end coupled to the cover of the receptacle housing, the biasing spring forward biasing the receptacle housing in the receptacle cage when the latching tab is latchably coupled to the receptacle cage, wherein the biasing spring has a forward biasing force exceeding a mating force of the pluggable module with the cabled receptacle connector to maintain the receptacle housing in the forward biased position during mating of the pluggable module with the cabled receptacle connector.

A receptacle assembly comprising:

• a receptacle cage having a plurality of walls defining a module channel extending between a front and a rear of the receptacle cage, the plurality of walls including a top wall, a first side wall extending from the top wall to a bottom of the receptacle cage and a second side wall extending from the top wall to the bottom, wherein the module channel is open at the front to receive a pluggable module therein, the module channel being open at the rear, the receptacle cage having a latching guide at the rear including a latching feature, the latching guide being separate and discrete from the plurality of walls, the latching guide being coupled to the first side wall and the second side wall;
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• a cabled receptacle connector received in the module channel at the rear of the receptacle cage, the cabled receptacle connector comprising:
• a cable assembly including a frame holding contacts, the contacts being terminated to cables of the cable assembly, the contacts having mating ends configured to be mated with the pluggable module;
• a receptacle housing having a cavity extending between a front and a rear of the receptacle housing, the receptacle housing having a mating slot at the front, the cavity receiving the cable assembly with the contacts positioned in the mating slot for mating engagement with the pluggable module;
• a latch coupled to the receptacle housing, the latch having a latching tab latchably coupled to the latching feature of the latching guide to secure the cabled receptacle connector in the receptacle cage;
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• a biasing spring having a first end coupled to the latch and a second end coupled to the receptacle housing, the biasing spring forward biasing the receptacle housing in the receptacle cage when the latching tab is latchably coupled to the latching feature.

A communication system comprising:

• a pluggable module having a pluggable body holding a module circuit board at a mating end of the pluggable module;
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• a receptacle assembly comprising a cabled receptacle connector and a receptacle cage receiving the cabled receptacle connector and the pluggable module;
• the receptacle cage having a plurality of walls defining a module channel extending between a front and a rear of the receptacle cage, the plurality of walls including a top wall, a first side wall extending from the top wall to a bottom of the receptacle cage and a second side wall extending from the top wall to the bottom, wherein the module channel is open at the front to receive the pluggable module therein, the module channel being open at the rear to receive the cabled receptacle connector therein, the receptacle cage having a latching guide at the rear including a latching feature;
• the cabled receptacle connector comprising:
• a cable assembly including a frame holding contacts, the contacts being terminated to cables of the cable assembly, the contacts having mating ends configured to be mated with the module circuit board of the pluggable module;
• a receptacle housing having a cavity extending between a front and a rear of the receptacle housing, the receptacle housing having a mating slot at the front receiving the module circuit board of the pluggable module, the cavity receiving the cable assembly with the contacts positioned in the mating slot for mating engagement with the module circuit board of the pluggable module, the receptacle housing including a latch mount and a cover removably coupled to the latch mount, the receptacle housing including a latch plate coupled to the latch mount and the cover to secure the cover to the latch mount;
• a latch coupled to the receptacle housing, the latch having a latching tab latchably coupled to the latching feature of the latching guide to secure the cabled receptacle connector in the receptacle cage;
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• a biasing spring having a first end coupled to the latch and a second end coupled to the cover of the receptacle housing, the biasing spring forward biasing the receptacle housing in the receptacle cage when the latching tab is latchably coupled to the latching feature.