Patent ID: 11906801
Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GMBH
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 14:
15. An optical receptacle connector for an optical communication system comprising:
a receptacle housing having housing walls defining a contact cavity and an optical cavity, the receptacle housing including an upper wall and a lower wall at a front of the receptacle housing defining a card slot configured to receive a mating edge of an optical module circuit board of a pluggable optical generator module, the upper wall including an upper wall opening above the card slot;
a contact assembly coupled to the receptacle housing, the contact assembly including receptacle contacts received in the contact cavity, the receptacle contacts extending into the card slot to electrically connect to the optical module circuit board of the pluggable optical generator module, the receptacle contacts configured to supply power to the pluggable optical generator module to operate a light source of the pluggable optical generator module; and
a receive optical connector coupled to the receptacle housing, the receive optical connector including a top and a bottom, the receive optical connector positioned above the card slot with the bottom of the receive optical connector facing the contacts across the upper wall opening and the card slot, the receive optical connector including a ferrule holding at least one optical fiber, the ferrule having a mating end configured to be mated with a supply optical connector of the pluggable optical generator module to receive optical signals from the supply optical connector, the receive optical connector including an optical cable extending from the ferrule.