Patent ID: 7473039

Claim:
A device for seating an optoelectronic module onto a connector on a substrate comprising: a guide structure configured to direct a main body of said optoelectronic module along an insertion direction that is generally perpendicular to a mating direction of said connector, said guide structure comprising a slide having at least one slot formed therein; and a positive pressure drive enabled to push said main body of said optoelectronic module along said mating direction with sufficient force to secure said optoelectronic module to said connector, said positive pressure drive comprising a rail having a rail slot formed therein, and an actuator having a sliding member that is positioned within the rail slot, wherein the sliding member includes at least one projection that extends into the at least one slot formed in the guide structure wherein the slots of the slide are configured in such a way that motion of the sliding member and its projections in a first direction is translated into motion of the slide in the mating direction.