Patent ID: 7322753
Filing Date: 2008-01-29
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. An optical module plugged in a space defined by a cage mounted on a host board, said cage including a resilient latch protruding into said space, comprising: a housing including upper and lower bodies, said upper body including a pair of front side walls each providing first and second projections, said second projection butting against an edge of said resilient latch when said optical module is plugged in said cage; an actuator slidable between first and second positions, said actuator including a pair of front end portions each providing a slot and a pair of arms each extending from said front end portion, said pair of arms sandwiching said front side walls of said upper body therebetween; a receptacle body put between said pair of front end portions of said actuator; and a bail including a pair of arms each providing a hole and a projection and being inserted between said side wall of said upper body and said pair of front end portions of said actuator, each hole of said bail mating with said respective first projection of said upper body and each projection of said bail being inserted into said respective slot of said front end portions of said actuator, wherein said actuator slides from said first position to said second position by pivoting said bail on said first projections of said upper body and sliding said projections of said bail within said slots of said actuator to release said butting of said resilient latch of said cage against said second projections of said upper body.