Patent ID: 8708577

Claim:
A connector device, comprising: a cable connector comprising a housing having an opening at a first end and a cable gland at a second end; and a sleeve comprising an internal channel configured to interchangeably couple with an electrical transceiver module type and an optical transceiver module type, the internal channel extending between a first end and a second end of the sleeve, wherein the first end of the sleeve is configured to insert through the opening in the housing to releasably couple the sleeve to the housing, and wherein the second end of the sleeve is configured to insert through a port on a unit and couple the electrical transceiver to an edge connector on a printed circuit board (PCB) when the electrical transceiver is coupled with the sleeve, and wherein the second end of the sleeve is further configured to insert through the port on the unit and couple the optical transceiver to the edge connector on the PCB when the optical transceiver is coupled with the sleeve.