Pluggable transceiver retainer
AssigneeFinisar Corporation
InventorsWilliam H. Wang, Bill S. Wang
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Abstract
An optoelectronic module may include a housing enclosing at least one optical transmitter or receiver and a slider configured to move with respect to the housing. The slider may include at least one protrusion configured to engage a cage sized and shaped to receive the housing. The optoelectronic module may include a bail rotatably coupled to the housing. The bail may be configured to actuate the slider when the bail is rotated. The optoelectronic module may include a retainer including an occlusion member sized and shaped to be positioned inside a port of the optoelectronic module. The retainer may define a surface configured to engage with the bail.
Claims20
An optoelectronic module comprising:
- a housing enclosing at least one optical transmitter or receiver;
- a slider configured to move with respect to the housing, the slider including at least one protrusion configured to engage a cage sized and shaped to receive the housing;
- a bail rotatably coupled to the housing, the bail configured to actuate the slider when the bail is rotated;
- and
- a retainer including an occlusion member sized and shaped to be positioned inside a port of the optoelectronic module, the retainer defining a surface configured to engage with the bail.
A method comprising:
- positioning an occlusion member of a retainer into a port of an optoelectronic module to occlude the port;
- and
- abutting a surface of the retainer with a bail of the optoelectronic module, the bail rotatably coupled to a housing of the optoelectronic module and configured to actuate a slider when the bail is rotated;
- wherein abutting the surface of the retainer with the bail of the optoelectronic module prevents the bail from rotating.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.