Module retention latch assembly

An adapter module for insertion into and removal from an outer frame, the adapter module comprising:

• a module housing having a bottom wall, a top wall and a front wall, the top, front and bottom walls cooperatively defining an opening of the adapter module, the opening being sized to permit entrance of an electronic module therein, the module housing further including sidewalls and interior walls that cooperatively define at least one bay of said module housing proximate to said opening;
• a circuit board to which said module housing is mounted;
• and
• a retention member rotatably mounted to said module housing for selectively retaining the adapter in place within the outer frame, the retention member including a U-shaped retention member having spaced-apart legs that extend offset to a longitudinal cross member which connects said spaced-apart legs together, said retention member further including a pair of free ends, each of the free ends extending offset from said legs and spaced apart from said cross member, said free ends being supported by said module housing side walls, and one of said free ends being received within an aperture in one of said side walls, whereby
• said retention member is moveable between a first position at which said one free end projects out of said aperture and into securing engagement with the outer frame and a second position wherein said one free end is withdrawn from securing engagement with said outer frame.