Patent ID: 7347711
Filing Date: 2008-03-25
Classification: G02B,H01R

Abstract:
1. A module release mechanism in combination with a transceiver module housed in a cage assembly comprising: a bail, and a slide plate; wherein when said bail is in a locked position, a locking projection on said transceiver module is engaged with a locking tab on said cage assembly such that said transceiver module is secured in an installed position in said cage assembly, and when said bail is moved from said locked position, said slide plate is actuated by said bail, said slide plate moving said locking tab on said cage assembly away from said locking projection on said transceiver module, movement of said locking tab away from said locking projection being accomplished by said slide plate moving forward relative to said transceiver module so that a lifting tab of said slide plate contacts an angled or arced surface of said locking projection on said transceiver module, said lifting tab moving upward relative to a forward travel path of said slide plate, a contact area of said slide plate contacting said locking tab of said cage assembly, thereby disengaging said locking tab from said locking projection and releasing said transceiver module from said cage assembly.