Transceiver module
AssigneeHewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
InventorsKevin B Leigh, John Norton, George D Megason
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Abstract
One example of a system includes a system board including first contacts, a cage attached to the system board over the first contacts, and a removable transceiver module including second contacts. The transceiver module is installable in the cage in response to a lateral movement of the transceiver module with respect to the cage to align the second contacts with the first contacts and a vertical movement of the transceiver module with respect to the cage to electrically connect the first contacts to the second contacts.
Claims15
A system comprising:
- a system board comprising first contacts;
- a cage attached to the system board over the first contacts, including guide rails;
- the cage to accept a removable transceiver module, wherein the removable transceiver module comprises a module hood, module carrier and second contacts;
- wherein the module carrier includes guide pins that extend through angled slots formed in the module hood so that the guide pins are received by the guide rails of the cage in a lateral movement with respect to the cage to align the second contacts with the first contacts and, as the transceiver module is fully inserted into the cage, the guide pins move at an angle to force a vertical movement of the transceiver module with respect to the cage to electrically connect the first contacts to the second contacts.
A device comprising:
- a system board comprising contacts to electrically couple to a removable transceiver module;
- wherein the removable transceiver module includes a module hood comprising angled slots, a module carrier comprising guide pins that extend through the angled slots of the module hood;
- and
- a cage coupled to the system board over the contacts, the cage comprising first guide rails to laterally receive the guide pins of the module carrier and second guide rails perpendicular to and connected to the first guide rails to vertically position, via vertical movement of the module hood about the guide pins, the transceiver module to electrically couple the transceiver module to the contacts in response to the transceiver module being installed in the cage.
A device comprising:
- a module hood comprising slots;
- a module carrier within the module hood, the module carrier supporting a transceiver chip within the module carrier, the module carrier comprising guide pins on sides of the module carrier that couple to guide rails of a cage, and wherein the guide pins extend through the slots of the module hood such that lateral movement of the module hood with respect to the module carrier conveys a vertical movement to the module carrier with respect to the module hood.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.