Patent ID: 7306381

Claim:
A latching mechanism for latching a housing of an optical transceiver to be inserted through a window on a panel of a communication device into a cage provided in the communication device, comprising: an opening formed on a side wall of the housing; an engaging member housed in the housing, the engaging member being operable to protrude outward from the housing through the opening to engage with the cage; a spring member comprising one end connected to an in-housing part of the engaging member and an other end connected to a front end of the housing, the spring member being operable to push out the engaging member in its release state; a pulling member engaged with the spring member, the pulling member being operable to draw the engaging member in the housing by transforming the spring member toward the front end of the housing; and a movable sleeve connected to the pulling member and provided outside the front end of the housing, the movable sleeve being operable to move in a direction to leave the housing.