Patent ID: 7785930

Claim:
A method for securing a transistor outline can (“TO-Can”) within an opening of another optical component, the TO-Can including substantially vertical sidewall portions and a sloped sidewall section and the opening including substantially vertical inner surfaces configured to receive at least a portion of the substantially vertical sidewall portions, the method comprising: determining a transition point of the TO-Can between the substantially vertical sidewall portion and the sloped sidewall portion to stop capillary action of wicking epoxy at a particular height of the substantially vertical sidewall portion; securing the substantially vertical sidewall portions to the inner surfaces using a wicking epoxy, wherein the wicking epoxy has a molecular attraction of molecules to the solid surfaces of the vertical sidewall portions and inner surfaces that overcomes the viscosity of the wicking epoxy thereby drawing the epoxy into a space between the substantially vertical sidewall portion and the substantially vertical inner surfaces as a result of capillary action, wherein wicking epoxy is drawn into the space between the substantially vertical sidewall portions and the substantially inner surface portion until the wicking epoxy reaches the predetermined transition point, wherein a width of the wicking epoxy is wider than the vertical sidewall section of the optical component at a location within the gap between the substantially vertical sidewall section and the inner surface of the barrel.