TRANSCEIVER MODULE RELEASE MECHANISM

摘要

A transceiver module release system is disclosed. The system may be used to release a transceiver module housed in a cage that is permanently mounted on a printed circuit board. The release system may include a bail that rotates a slide-block through a slot to urge the bail forward in a slide-block path on the transceiver module. The bail has a hook shaped structure adapted to be connected with a detachable pull tab. As the bail begins to move forward from the locked position, wedge elements at the end of a pair of slide-block arms extending rearward from the bail may contact locking tabs on the cage, forcing the locking tabs outward. As the locking tabs are forced outward, the shoulders of the transceiver module are released, and the transceiver module is free to slide-block out of the cage as the operator pulls on the bail.

主权项

1. A release system, the release system comprising:
a transceiver module; a cage to receive the transceiver module, the cage having a locking tab, the cage being adapted to be mounted on a printed circuit board; an arm assembly, having a first arm and a linking portion connected therewith, the first arm having an inner surface facing the transceiver module and an outer surface corresponding to the inner surface, the first arm having a guiding channel and a slot formed on the surface thereof; a bail having a top plate and a first plate connected therewith, the first plate having a hook, an axis portion and a mortise, the hook being adapted to be connected with an pull tab, the bail is mounted on the outer surface of the arm assembly and being rotatably coupled to the transceiver module by an axis pin passing through the guiding channel of the arm assembly, the mortise of the bail penetrates through the slot of the first arm; and a restoration member, the restoration member is connected with the linking portion of the arm assembly and the transceiver module, the restoration member being disposed between the arm assembly and the transceiver module; wherein, when the release system is in a locked position, the transceiver module is fixed with the locking tab of the cage, while the external force toward forward is applied to the bail, the restoration member provides a resistant force to the arm assembly, the axis portion of the bail rotate to the axis pin and the mortise slide along the slot of the arm assembly, while the mortise contact with a linear surface of the slot, the mortise pushes the arm assembly module and the transceiver forward so as to separate the transceiver from the cage, while the external force is gone, the restoration member provide the resistant force to the bail for the recovery thereof.