Patent ID: 7264406
Filing Date: 2007-09-04
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A pluggable optical transceiver used by installing into a cage of a host system, comprising; a bail adapted with the optical receptacle, the bail having a pair of leg portions and a bridge portion connecting the leg portions, the leg portion providing a sliding projection in a end thereof and a first axial mechanism to rotate the bail; an optical receptacle providing a second axial mechanism in both sides thereof to form a rotational center of the bail by co-operating with the first axial mechanism of the bail, the leg portions of the bail putting the optical receptacle therebetween; and an actuator assembled with the receptacle and including an operating portion, an axial portion, and a body portion, the operating and body portions sandwiching the axial portion such that the actuator makes a seesaw motion with the axial portion as a rotational center, the operating portion forming a projection to be latched with the cage, the body portion including a side block, wherein the projection of the bail slides on the side block of the actuator to make the seesaw motion of the actuator to release the latching projection in the operating portion of the actuator from the cage.