Patent ID: 7488123

Claim:
A pluggable module, such as an optical transceiver for coupling an information system unit to a fiber optical cable, and adapted for mating with a receptacle having a retention tab on a lower surface thereof, the module comprising: a housing having first and second opposed surfaces; a rotatable lever disposed on an optical connector end of the housing with a first portion external of the housing for grasping and removal of the module from the receptacle by a user; a pusher element coupled to said rotatable lever and adapted to move parallel to said bottom surface when the lever is actuated; and a protrusion extending from the second surface of said housing for engaging a cavity in the rotation tab so as to secure the module in the receptacle, said pusher element engaging the retention tab such that, when the moveable lever is rotated in a direction away from the housing, the retention tab is retracted to enable the module to be released from the receptacle.