Patent ID: 7377702

Claim:
A device comprising: a housing having a flange, and a guide; a printed circuit board mounted to the housing, the printed circuit board having contact traces; a first optical subassembly attached to the printed circuit board; a second optical subassembly attached to the printed circuit board; a gasket near the flange of the housing, the gasket is electrically conductive; a mounting rail attached to a circuit board of a host structure, the mounting rail having a slot; a lever rotatably mounted to the housing, the lever having a rotatably mounted portion, a hook, and an actuation surface for actuation by a user; and a spring interacting with the lever and the housing, the spring being elastically deformable, and wherein, when the housing is initially introduced into the host structure, the mounting rail enters the guide of the housing and contacts the hook, the contact between the hook and the mounting rail causes the lever to rotate, and the rotated lever causes the spring to elastically deform, the deformed spring urges the lever back toward an un-rotated position, and wherein, upon further insertion of the housing into the host structure, the hook lines up with the slot of the mounting rail, and due to the urging of the deformed spring, the hook enters the slot so as to lock the device to the host structure, and wherein, in a plugged into and locked position of the housing with the host structure, the gasket contacts and makes an electrical connection with a faceplate of the host structure and the flange of the housing so that the faceplate of the host structure is in electrical communication with the flange of the housing.