Patent ID: 7695199

Claim:
An optical communications module, comprising: a housing; and an optical subassembly at least partially contained within the housing, the optical subassembly including: a body composed of a first material; a plug receptacle operably attached to the body and including a bore with an inner surface; a hollow cylindrical sleeve composed of a second material, the sleeve having an outer surface that engages the inner surface of the plug receptacle when the sleeve is received by the plug receptacle bore, the sleeve being configured to operably receive an optical fiber connector therein such that at least a portion of the optical fiber connector extends into the sleeve and into the plug receptacle bore; a plurality of surface features defined on at least one of the inner surface of the plug receptacle and the outer surface of the sleeve, the surface features facilitating the insertion of the sleeve into the plug receptacle; and wherein the hardness of the second material exceeds that of the first material.