Patent ID: 8033741
Filing Date: 2011-10-11
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A pluggable optical transceiver to be set within a cage provided in a host system, comprising: a receptacle made of electrically conductive material and including a slope; a metal cover including a first bridge in a front end thereof, said first bridge extending in a direction intersecting a longitudinal direction of said optical transceiver; and an electrically conductive ground member surrounding a periphery of said receptacle, said ground member including a finger extending in said longitudinal direction and a second bridge connected on a tip of said finger, said second bridge extending in a direction substantially in parallel with said first bridge, said finger including a convexity, said second bridge including a hollow, wherein, when said optical transceiver is set within said cage, said convexity comes in contact with an inner surface of said cage, and said hollow comes in contact with said slope and slides thereon, and wherein said first bridge comes in contact with said second bridge when said optical transceiver is fully set within said cage.