Patent ID: 7003230
Filing Date: 2006-02-21
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
1. An optical transceiver comprising: a carrier including a cooperating structure at a distal portion thereof; a cover including a coupling mechanism couplable to the cooperating structure of said carrier to define a transceiver enclosure; and an electro-optical assembly supported in said transceiver enclosure; wherein said coupling mechanism cooperates with said cooperating structure to enable pivoting motion in a controlled path of said cover relative to said carrier between closed and opened conditions relative to said transceiver enclosure about a pivoting axis offset from said transceiver; wherein said cooperating structure includes a pair of separate and laterally spaced apart coupling elements that project from said carrier; and wherein said coupling mechanism includes a pair of elongated slots, each of said slots is in corresponding separate and spaced apart walls of said cover, each of said slots being sized and shaped for camming corresponding ones of said coupling elements.