Thermally conductive flexible member for heat transfer

An optical subassembly system for transferring thermal energy from an optical subassembly, the system comprising:

• an optical subassembly;
• a header of the optical subassembly including an exterior header surface and an interior header surface;
• one or more plus that penetrate the header to electrically couple to active optical components disposed on the interior header surface, the pins extending axially from the exterior header surface of the optical subassembly;
• a thermally conductive flexible member that defines a plurality of thermally conductive flexible member holes corresponding to the pins such that the pins can pass through the thermally conductive flexible member holes
• a conductive adhesive tape defining tape holes that correspond to the pins such that the pins pass through the tape holes, the conductive adhesive tape being positioned between the thermally conductive flexible member and the exterior header surface, and the conductive adhesive tape affixing the thermally conductive flexible member to the exterior header surface enabling conduction of thermal energy from the optical subassembly to the thermally conductive flexible member;
• a flexible circuit that electrically couples the optical subassembly to a printed circuit board and defines flexible circuit holes that correspond to the pins such that the pins pass through the flexible circuit holes;
• and
• a gasket defining gasket holes that correspond to the pins such that the pins pass through the gasket holes, the gasket being positioned between the thermally conductive flexible member and the flexible circuit to reduce electrical conduction between the thermally conductive flexible member and the flexible circuit.