Patent ID: 7670062

Claim:
A holder adapted to secure an optical subassembly in a transceiver module comprising: a clamping element with at least one clamping arm extending therefrom, and a main body with at least one clamping arm opening; wherein a front ferrule of the optical subassembly is received in said main body, said main body thereby locating the optical subassembly in an x-y plane, said clamping arm flexes outward as the front ferrule of the optical subassembly is inserted into a through hole of said main body so that said clamping element surrounds said ferrule of the optical subassembly, said clamping arm then retracts when the optical subassembly is fully inserted so as to contact a trailing side of a flange of the optical subassembly, so that said clamping arm is received in said clamping arm opening and fixes the optical subassembly in place in said holder, and secures the optical subassembly in a proper position in the transceiver module.