PLUGGABLE DATA COMMUNICATION MODULE WITH SLIDER-CRANK DELATCH MECHANISM

摘要

A delatch mechanism for disengaging a data communication module from a cage includes an actuator handle and a T-shaped crank connected at a wrist pivot to the handle and connected at a crank pivot to the module housing. The crank pivots to lift a pin out of engagement with the cage when a user pulls on the actuator handle, causing it to slide relative to the housing.

主权项

1. A data communication module, comprising:
module electronics configured to process data communication signals; a module housing, the module housing having an elongated rectangular shape elongated in a direction of a longitudinal axis between a first end and a second end, the first end of the module housing having a module port for receiving a signal cable, the second end of the module housing having electrical contacts, the module electronics providing a processing path for the data communication signals between the module port and the electrical contacts; an actuator handle having a shape elongated in a direction of the longitudinal axis and slideably disposed with respect to the module housing in the direction of the longitudinal axis; and a substantially T-shaped crank having a first arm structure and a second arm structure oriented substantially perpendicularly to the first arm structure, the first arm structure having a first end pivotally connected to the module housing at a crank pivot and a second end having a pin extending therefrom, the second arm structure having a first end fixedly connected to a portion of the first arm structure between the first end of the first arm structure and the second end of the first arm structure, the second arm structure having a second end pivotally connected to the actuator handle at a wrist pivot, the wrist pivot slideably disposed with respect to the module housing in the direction of the longitudinal axis.