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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2016
Applied Optoelectronics, Inc., Sugar Land, TX (US);
Kai-Sheng Lin, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Hao-Hsiang Liao, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Justin Lii, Houston, TX (US);
Applied Optoelectronics, Inc., Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
An optical component holder having a base portion with a chamfered (or step) portion is disclosed herein that allows a technician to position and partially insert the same within an associated opening using a relatively minor amount of force. The chamfered portion of the base portion operates, in a general sense, as a guide that ensures proper alignment of the optical component holder and allows the same to travel a predetermined distance within the opening before being blocked from further travel by 'bottoming' out when the wider portion of the base is at the edge of the associated opening. Thus, the chamfered portion provides an alignment feature to provide tactile feedback that indicates to the technician that the optical component holder is aligned and evenly inserted into an associated opening prior to supplying additional force to press the optical component holder fully into a housing.