Patent ID: 7513698

Claim:
An optic fiber connection arrangement comprising: an optical transceiver module insertable into a cage mounted on a support member, said module having a distal end for insertion in said cage and a proximal end; an optic fiber connector pluggable into a socket provided at the proximal end of said module; a releasably latchable frame attached to said module, said frame having spring-loaded limbs to permit said frame to be snapable into a locked position upon insertion of said module into said cage; said frame having a fixed protruding portion extending beyond said proximal end of said module parallel to said optic fiber connector and having an exposed end portion; and grasping means at said exposed end portion to permit the module to be released from the cage by pulling on said frame; and wherein said protruding portion comprises a pair of parallel side bars extending on either side of said optic fiber connector whereby said optic fiber connector lies between said parallel side bars and is exposed from above and below, and said parallel side bars terminating in a crosspiece lying outside a plane containing said optic fiber connector; and wherein said crosspiece provides said grasping means.