Patent ID: 7125261

Claim:
An optical transceiver configured to be inserted into or extracted from a cage provided in a host system, the cage exposing one end thereof from a face panel of the host system and providing an electrical connector in the other end thereof, the transceiver comprising: an optical assembly unit including, a receptacle member, made of resin, configured with an optical receptacle for receiving an optical connector, a tab plate made of metal and engaged with the receptacle member, and an optical subassembly including a semiconductor optical device optically coupled with an optical fiber configured with the optical connector, the optical subassembly being installed on the receptacle member; and a body unit including, a substrate mounting an electronic circuit and mating with the electronic connector provided within the cage, a metal base installing the substrate and engaged with the optical assembly unit, a heat conducting plate made of metal and being in contact to the electronic circuit mounted on the substrate, the heat conducting plate being engaged with the metal base, and a metal cover putting the substrate, the optical subassembly, the metal base, and the heat conducting plate therein, wherein the tab plate, the base, the heat conducting plate, and the cover are made from a metal plate by cutting, bending, and tapping without welding and gluing.