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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2007
Applicants:
Satoshi Yoshikawa, Yokohama, JP;
Hirokazu Sasaki, Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Satoshi Yoshikawa, Yokohama, JP;
Hirokazu Sasaki, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/36 (2006.01); H04B 10/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a new releasing mechanism form a cage on the host system for a pluggable optical transceiver. The transceiver includes an optical receptacle, an actuator with a hook that latches with the key hole of the cage, a bail attached so as to rotate in front of the receptacle and a release button. Rotating the bail or pushing the button will bring the seesaw motion of the actuator that disengages the hook with the keyhole and the transceiver is enabled to be extracted from the cage by picking the bail positioned in front of the receptacle.