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US 6,556,445 B2Granted
Transceiver module with extended release lever
OwnerRaul Medinainventor
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Abstract
A transceiver module having a housing with a first side and a face perpendicular to the first side, and a tab extending above the surface of the first side sized to mate with a slot in a receptacle for the housing, a wedge slidably mounted on the first side proximate the tab, and a release lever attached to the wedge extending beyond the face of the housing, wherein pressing the release lever causes the wedge to slide between the tab and the slot on the receptacle and remove the tab from within the slot, thereby releasing the transceiver module from the receptacle.
Claims22
A transceiver module, comprising:
- a housing having a first side and a face perpendicular to the first side, and a tab extending above the surface of the first side sized to mate with a slot in a receptacle for the housing;
- a wedge slidably mounted on the first side proximate the tab;
- and
- a release lever attached to the wedge extending beyond the face of the housing, wherein pressing the release lever causes the wedge to slide between the tab and the slot on the receptacle and remove the tab from within the slot, thereby releasing the transceiver module from the receptacle.
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A pluggable transceiver module, comprising:
- a housing having a first side and a face perpendicular to the first side, and a tab extending above the surface of the first side sized to mate with a slot in a receptacle for the housing;
- a receptacle for receiving the transceiver module, the receptacle having a base including a slot for receiving the tab, whereby the first side of the transceiver module slides along the base during insertion of the transceiver module into the receptacle, and the tab enters the slot in order to secure the transceiver module within the host module;
- a wedge slidably mounted on the first side proximate the tab;
- and
- a release lever attached to the wedge extending beyond the face of the housing, wherein pressing the release lever causes the wedge to slide between the tab and the slot on the receptacle and remove the tab from within the slot, thereby releasing the transceiver module from the receptacle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.