Patent ID: 7059887
Filing Date: 2006-06-13
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An optoelectric module with pop-out tab based latching/delatching mechanism comprising: an optoelectric module including a housing having a front face with an opening and designed to receive an optical transceiver nestingly engaged in the opening in the housing, the optoelectric module being designed to cooperate with a spring latch positioned to latch the module nestingly in a cage; an actuator mounted on an outer surface of the housing and movable from a latched orientation in which the housing is latched in the cage to a delatched orientation in which the actuator engages the spring latch to move the spring latch to a delatched position; and a bail latch pivotally mounted on the module for movement between a stored position and a module removal position, the bail latch being engaged with the actuator so as to move from the stored position to the module removal position with movement of the actuator from the latched orientation to the delatched orientation.