Patent ID: 6872094

Claim:
A pluggable transceiver module for insertion into a cage, said module comprising: a front shell; a housing comprising a forward portion including electrical contacts and a rearward portion, said rearward portion receivable in the cage, said rearward portion including a tab receivable in a module latch on the cage for retention of said rearward portion within the cage, said rearward portion configured to receive an electrical connection proximate an end thereof, said forward portion received in said front shell and said forward portion including a connector interface configured to receive a mating plug connector; an actuator slidably coupled to said forward portion of said housing and movable from a latched position to a released position, said actuator engaging said module latch to release said housing from the cage when said actuator is moved to said released position; and a bail member rotatably coupled to said forward portion of said housing, said bail member engaging said actuator to move said actuator between said latched position and said released position as said bail member is rotated between corresponding latched and released positions.