Patent ID: 6499890
Filing Date: 2002-12-31
Classification: G02B,H01R

Abstract:
A device comprising:a housing having a fiber optic connector receptacle, the housing having a bottom side, and the housing being made of an electrically conductive material; an optical sub-assembly mounted in the housing and being associated with the fiber optic connector receptacle; an electrical connector electrically associated with the optical sub-assembly and projecting from the housing, the electrical connector having a plurality of contacts, and wherein at least one contact of the plurality of contacts being electrically grounded to the housing, and wherein the plurality of contacts have first portions and second portions, the first portions of the plurality of contacts extend from the housing, the second portions of the plurality of contacts extend into the housing, and wherein the bottom side of the housing and the first portions of the plurality of contacts being substantially parallel in a same plane so as to be surface mountable to a host device printed circuit board; and a substrate attached to the optical sub-assembly and to the electrical connector, the substrate having electrical signal conditioning components mounted thereon, and wherein the electrical signal conditioning components electrically connect the optical sub-assembly to the electrical connector, and wherein the housing has a first end and a second end, and wherein the fiber optic connector receptacle being at the first end of the housing, and wherein the electrical connector projects from the housing at the second end of the housing, and wherein the housing is made of a metallic material, and wherein a cover of the housing includes a first recess formed in a first elastic arm, and a second recess formed in a second elastic arm, and wherein a base of the housing includes a first protrusion latch having a shape complementary to a shape of the first recess and a second protrusion latch having a shape complementary to a shape of the second recess, and wherein, upon introducing the cover to the base, the first elastic arm and the second elastic arm deflect from a non-deflected position as the first protrusion latch slides against the first elastic arm and the second protrusion latch slides against the second elastic arm, and wherein, upon attaching the cover to the base, the first protrusion latch fits in the first recess and the second protrusion latch fits in the second recess and the first elastic arm and the second elastic arm deflect back toward the non-deflected position.