OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS MODULE EQUIPPED WITH A MOVING-PIN LATCHING/DELATCHING SYSTEM THAT INCLUDES AN ELONGATED DELATCHING PULL TAB

摘要

An optical communications module is provided with a moving pin latching/delatching system that includes an elongated pull tab that is easily accessible and a latch base having a proximal end that is mechanically coupled to a distal end of the pull tab. The latch base has a latch locking pin disposed on a distal end thereof for engaging a latch opening of a cage when the module is mated with the cage and the latch base is in the latched position. When a pull force of sufficient magnitude is exerted on the pull tab in a direction away from the cage parallel to a longitudinal axis of the pull tab, the latch base is moved from a latched position to a delatched position, which causes the pin to move from an extended position to a retracted position in which the pin is disengaged from the opening of the cage.

主权项

1. An optical communications module adapted to be mated with a cage, the module comprising:
a module housing that houses components of the optical communications module; an elongated pull tab having a proximal end, a distal end and a shaft interconnecting the proximal and distal ends, the shaft having a longitudinal axis; and a latch base mechanically coupled with the distal end of the pull tab and movably engaged with the module housing, the latch base including a latch locking pin adapted to engage an opening of the cage when the module is mated with the cage, wherein movement of the pull tab from a latched position to a delatched position causes the pin to move from an extended position to a retracted position in which the pin is disengaged from the opening of the cage to allow the module to be extracted from the cage.