Patent ID: 7491090
Filing Date: 2009-02-17
Classification: G02B,H05K,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A pluggable optical transceiver inserted into an opening of a metal cage which is installed in a host system such that the opening of the cage exposes the optical transceiver, comprising: an optical receptacle with an opening for receiving an optical connector; a metal cover assembled with the optical receptacle so as to expose the opening of the optical receptacle to receive the optical connector; and a tailed finger attached with the cover, the tailed finger providing a curled portion and a flat portion continuous to the curled portion, the curled portion extruding into the opening of the optical receptacle, the flat portion being apart from the cage when the opening of the optical receptacle is free from the optical connector, wherein the tailed finger extrudes into the opening of the optical receptacle when the optical connector is not set in the opening of the optical receptacle and comes in contact with the cage when the opening of the optical receptacle receives the optical connector, and wherein the curled portion of the tailed finger is pushed out by the optical connector to make the flat portion of the tailed finger in contact with the cage when the opening of the optical receptacle receives the optical connector.