Patent ID: 8308377

Claim:
A delatch device for use in an optical transceiver module, the delatch device comprising: an elongated handle having a proximal end and a distal end, the elongated handle having a substantially rigid structure and being of sufficient stiffness to prevent the handle from buckling or bending if a user uses the proximal end of the handle to push an optical transceiver module coupled to the distal end of the handle into a cage to latch the module within the cage; a module coupling mechanism disposed on an upper surface of the distal end of the handle, the module coupling mechanism being configured to mechanically couple an optical transceiver module to the distal end of the elongated handle, the module coupling mechanism including at least one I-beam that operates as a strength member to provide the elongated handle with the sufficient stiffness to prevent the handle from buckling or bending, and wherein said at least one I-beam is configured to mate with a slot formed in a housing of an optical transceiver module such that the I-beam is in sliding engagement with the slot to thereby mechanically couple the optical transceiver module to the distal end of the elongated handle; and a delatch mechanism disposed on a lower surface of the distal end of the elongated handle, the delatch mechanism being configured to latch with a latching feature of a cage in a latched position and to delatch from the latching feature of the cage in a delatched position.