Patent ID: 8098493
Filing Date: 2012-01-17
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A host device for receiving a pluggable optoelectronic module, comprising: a host bezel defining an opening configured to receive a module when the module is plugged into the host device, the host bezel including a first cutout on a first side of the opening and a second cutout on a second side of the opening opposite the first side, the first and second cutouts adapted to receive first and second guiderails of the module; a first guide and a second guide coupled to the host bezel at front ends of the first guide and the second guide and to a host printed circuit board, the first guide defining a first channel and the second guide defining a second channel, the first and second channels configured to receive the first and second guiderails of the module; and a host connector coupled to the host printed circuit board and disposed at a back end of the first guide and the second guide, the host connector including a recessed slot configured to receive a protruding portion of a module connector for electrically coupling the module to the host printed circuit board.