Patent ID: 8523461

Claim:
An optical transceiver, comprising: an optical subassembly that includes a sleeve and a package; an optical receptacle for receiving an external optical connector that secures an optical fiber optically coupled with said optical subassembly; a frame that provides a bottom and side walls, said bottom mounting said package of said optical subassembly, said side walls each rising from respective edges of said bottom; an inner cover made of metal, said inner cover including a ceiling and a pair of arms, said ceiling extending between said arms and assembled with said side walls of said frame to cover a housing of said optical subassembly mounted on said bottom of said frame, said arms extending rearward from said ceiling; and a metal cover assembled with said frame, said metal cover covering and being in contact to said inner cover, wherein said ceiling of said inner cover has a length greater than a width between said side walls such that said ceiling warps outwardly between said side walls of said frame to push said metal cover outwardly.