Patent ID: 6439918
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: G02B,H01R

Abstract:
An electronic module capable of being selectively received within a port of a host device, the module comprising:a housing forming an interior portion that at least partially encloses a printed circuit board capable of electrically interfacing with the host device when the module is operatively received within the port; a locking pin; and a bail that is operatively attached to the module so as to be selectively moveable between at least a first and a second position, the bail further comprising: a cam portion, the cam portion capable of causing the locking pin to engage the module within the port when the bail is placed in the first position, and capable of causing the locking pin to disengage the module within the port when the bail is placed in the second position; and a lever portion configured to allow removal of the module from the port when the bail is in the second position by applying a pulling force to the lever portion.