US 2007/0167077 A1 · Optical pluggable transceiver

Abstract

The optical pluggable transceiver according to the present invention has features of a good heat dissipating function with a simplified configuration thereby reducing the cost of not only the component used but also the process itself. The transceiver of the present invention comprises a resin frame, an optical subassembly, a electronic substrate, both mounted on the frame, a heat dissipating member, made of metal, for conducting and radiating heat generated by the electronic circuit on the substrate, and a metal cover for putting these frame, subassembly, substrate, and heat dissipating member therein. A greater part of the surface of the heat dissipating member exposes from the cover, accordingly, the efficiency for radiating heat may be improved. Moreover, these members of the frame, the optical subassembly, the substrate, the heat dissipating member, and the cover are assembled only by fitting without screwing or gluing. Accordingly, the manufacturing process of the transceiver can be extremely simplified.

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Dependent claims

An optical transceiver utilized in a combination with a cage installed on a host system and optically coupled with an optical fiber accompanying with an optical connector to be mated with the optical transceiver, comprising:

an optical receptacle for receiving the optical connector;
a bail including a pair of legs and a grip portion bridging the legs, the bail being attached to the optical receptacle so as to surround the optical receptacle by the grip portion and the legs, the bail capable of rotating such that the grip portion traversing the optical receptacle with a gap;
and
an actuator including an axis and two arms putting the axis therebetween, one of arms coupling with the bail and the other arms providing a projection, the actuator being movable in a seesaw motion by the axis as a center of a rotation,
wherein the gap between the grip portion and the optical receptacle when the grip portion positions in the front of the optical receptacle is greater than the gap when the grip portion positions in the top or the bottom of the optical receptacle.

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An optical transceiver utilized in a combination with a cage installed on a host system, comprising:

an optical receptacle for receiving an optical connector;
and
a releasing mechanism combined with a bail and an actuator each assembled with the optical receptacle, the bail capable of rotating so as to traverse the optical receptacle,
wherein the optical transceiver engages with the cage when the bail is set in the top or the bottom of the optical receptacle, and the optical transceiver disengages with the cage when the bail is set in the front of the optical receptacle.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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Abstract

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