Patent ID: 9453972
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: G02B,H01R,H05K

Claim Text:
1. A pluggable module, comprising: a plug receptacle in which a plug is receivable; a housing coupled to the plug receptacle; a heat removal device comprising heat transfer fins and a plug-contacting surface, the heat removal device being partially disposable within the housing to assume and be movable between first and second positions; and an armature interposed between corresponding portions of the housing and the heat removal device and configured for selective manipulation to thereby move the heat removal device from the second position to the first position, wherein, with the plug received in the plug receptacle and the heat removal device in the first position, the heat removal device forms a thermal pathway with the plug by which heat is removed from the plug, and wherein the housing comprises lateral sidewalls, a longitudinal end wall extending between the sidewalls and defining a through-hole through which the armature is manipulated and an upper surface extending between the sidewalls and defining an aperture through which the heat removal device is extendable.