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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2000
Gene R. Anderson, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Marcelino G. Armendariz, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Johnny R.f. Baca, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Robert P. Bryan, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Richard F. Carson, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Edwin B. Duckett, Iii, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Frederick B. Mccormick, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Gregory V. Miller, Kansas City, MO (US);
David W. Peterson, Sandia Park, NM (US);
Terrance T. Smith, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Gene R. Anderson, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Marcelino G. Armendariz, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Johnny R.F. Baca, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Robert P. Bryan, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Richard F. Carson, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Edwin B. Duckett, III, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Frederick B. McCormick, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Gregory V. Miller, Kansas City, MO (US);
David W. Peterson, Sandia Park, NM (US);
Terrance T. Smith, Albuquerque, NM (US);
EMCORE Corporation, Somerset, NJ (US);
Abstract
This invention relates to an optical transmitter, receiver or transceiver module, and more particularly, to an apparatus for connecting a first optical connector to a second optical connector. The apparatus comprises: (1) a housing having at least a first end and at least a second end, the first end of the housing capable of receiving the first optical connector, and the second end of the housing capable of receiving the second optical connector; (2) a longitudinal cavity extending from the first end of the housing to the second end of the housing; and (3) an electromagnetic shield comprising at least a portion of the housing. This invention also relates to an apparatus for housing a flexible printed circuit board, and this apparatus comprises: (1) a mounting structure having at least a first surface and a second surface; (2) alignment ridges along the first and second surfaces of the mounting structure, the alignment ridges functioning to align and secure a flexible printed circuit board that is wrapped around and attached to the first and second surfaces of the mounting structure; and (3) a series of heat sink ridges adapted to the mounting structure, the heat sink ridges functioning to dissipate heat that is generated from the flexible printed circuit board.