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US 10,945,357 B2Granted
Optical module cage with configurable heatsink
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsRakesh Chopra, Mandy Hin Lam
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Abstract
In one embodiment, an optical module cage includes a first opening for slidably receiving an optical module, a second opening positioned adjacent to the first opening for slidably receiving a riding heatsink separate from the optical module or an integrated heatsink connected to the optical module, and a guide rail interposed between the first opening and the second opening, wherein the guide rail is configured to support the riding heatsink and not interfere with insertion of the integrated heatsink.
Claims19
An optical module cage comprising:
- a first opening for slidably receiving an optical module;
- a second opening positioned adjacent to said first opening for slidably receiving a riding heatsink separate from the optical module in a first configuration and an integrated heatsink connected to the optical module in a second configuration;
- and a guide rail comprising two rails extending inward from side walls of the optical module cage and interposed between said first opening and said second opening, wherein the guide rail is configured to support the riding heatsink and not interfere with insertion of the integrated heatsink.
An optical module cage comprising:
- a first opening for receiving an optical module;
- a second opening positioned adjacent to said first opening and comprising a riding heatsink;
- and a guide rail interposed between said first opening and said second opening and supporting the riding heatsink;
- wherein the riding heatsink is slidably removable from the second opening for insertion of an optical module with an integrated heatsink into said first and second openings and wherein side walls of the optical module cage are configured to support rails of the guide rail.
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A stacked optical module cage comprising:
- optical module openings for slidably receiving optical modules;
- heatsink openings each configured for slidably receiving a riding heatsink separate from the optical modules in a first configuration and an integrated heatsink connected to one of the optical modules in a second configuration;
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- guide rails extending inward from side walls of the stacked optical module cage and interposed between said optical module openings and said heatsink openings, wherein the guide rails are configured to support the riding heatsinks without interfering with insertion of the integrated heatsinks.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.