US Patent 7766686 Pluggable form factor release mechanism

Patent 7766686 was granted and assigned to Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. on August, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7766686

Date of Patent

August 3, 2010

Patent Application Number

12008094

Date Filed

January 7, 2008

Patent Primary Examiner

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James Harvey

Patent abstract

Briefly, various embodiments of a pluggable form factor release mechanism are described. For example, but without intending to limit the scope of claimed subject matter, a transceiver module may include the following: a module housing; a bail lever; an actuator; and a spring adjacent to the actuator. The bail lever and the actuator may be movably connected to the module housing in such a manner so that pivoting the bail lever away from the housing engages an end of the actuator to move towards the module housing. The actuator may rotate about a fulcrum with an opposing end of the actuator moving away from the module housing.