Patent ID: 7255495

Claim:
A device for seating an optoelectronic module onto a connector on a substrate comprising: 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 a slide surface along said insertion direction said slide further comprising a slide pin; 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 drive comprising: a rail comprising a rail pin, said rail defining a first rail slot along said mating direction for receiving said slide pin, said rail further defining a second rail slot having a first portion along said insertion direction and a second portion along an arcuate direction: a pivoting cam comprising a cam pin received in said second rail slot, said pivoting cam defining a cam slot along another arcuate direction for receiving said rail pin: wherein said cam pin travels to the end of said first portion of said second rail slot to cause said rail pin to travel to the end of said cam slot and said pivoting cam to pivot about said rail pin, and said cam pin travels to the end of said second portion of said second rail slot to cause said pivoting cam to further pivot about said rail pin and push said slide pin in said mating direction, thereby seating said optoelectronic module onto said connector.