Patent ID: 7625137

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a transmitter optical subassembly comprising: a front portion including an end; and a nosepiece configured to convey optical signals, the nosepiece extending away from the end of the front portion of the transmitter optical subassembly; a receiver optical subassembly comprising: a front portion including an end; and a nosepiece configured to convey optical signals, the nosepiece extending away from the end of the front portion of the receiver optical subassembly; a first monolithic body including a port that is sized and configured to couple an optical fiber plug; a first EMI shield connected to the first monolithic body and to the transmitter optical subassembly, the first EMI shield including a recessed portion that includes an end and an opening formed in the end, the end of the recessed portion of the first EMI shield abutting the end of the front portion of the transmitter optical subassembly, the nosepiece of the transmitter optical subassembly extending through the opening formed in the end of the recessed portion of the first EMI shield; a second monolithic body including a port that is sized and configured to couple an optical fiber plug; and a second EMI shield connected to the second monolithic body and to the receiver optical subassembly, the second EMI shield including a recessed portion that includes an end and an opening formed in the end, the end of the recessed portion of the second EMI shield abutting the end of the front portion of the receiver optical subassembly, the nosepiece of the receiver optical subassembly extending through the opening formed in the end of the recessed portion of the second EMI shield, wherein the first EMI shield includes one or more resiliently deformable or resiliently deflectable members; and wherein the second EMI shield includes one or more resiliently deformable or resiliently deflectable members that contact the one or more resiliently deformable or resiliently deflectable members of the first EMI shield.