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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2023
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Peter Vincent Saturley, Ottawa, CA;
Jennifer Trac, Nepean, CA;
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Abstract
A heatsink assembly including a printed circuit board having a primary side and a secondary side, a pluggable optical module cage coupled to the primary side of the printed circuit board and adapted to receive a pluggable optical module on the primary side of the printed circuit board, a plurality of pins coupled to the printed circuit board and protruding from the secondary side of the printed circuit board, a secondary side heatsink disposed on the secondary side of the printed circuit board and in thermal contact with the pluggable optical module through openings defined in the printed circuit board and a secondary side of the pluggable optical module cage, and a spring clip coupled to the plurality of pins and adapted to bias the secondary side heatsink towards a secondary side of the pluggable optical module to promote the thermal contact between the secondary side heatsink and the pluggable optical module.