Pluggable optical transceiver having pull-pull-tab

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9250402-B2
Application number	US-201414172723-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 4, 2014
Priority date	Feb 5, 2013
Publication date	Feb 2, 2016
Grant date	Feb 2, 2016

Abstract

A pluggable optical transceiver is disclosed. The optical transceiver provides a pull-tab assembled with a body of the transceiver. The pull-tab comprises a pair of arms and a handle. The arms in an end portion thereof each provides a leg set in a guide formed in the body. Sliding the pull-tab to disengage the optical transceiver from the cage, the leg is slid within the guide to push the end portion of the arm outwardly. The handle provides in an end thereof a bar including a slope. The optical fiber pulled out from the optical connector set in the optical receptacle of the transceiver rides on the slope even when the transceiver is set in the cage by the upside-down arrangement.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An optical transceiver to be inserted in a cage prepared in a host system, the cage providing a stopper to prevent the optical transceiver from sliding out therefrom, the optical transceiver comprising:
a housing configured to enclose an optical component and an electrical component therein, the housing providing a pocket including a guide;
a pull-tab including an arm and a handle integrally assembled with the arm, the arm providing a knob and a leg in an end portion thereof, the knob pushing the stopper of the cage outwardly working with a slide of the leg in the guide when the pull-tab is pulled out to release the optical transceiver from the cage; and
an optical receptacle to receive an external optical connector therein,
wherein the handle of the pull-tab includes a pair of extensions each extending from the arm and a bar connecting the extensions, and
wherein the bar includes a supporting slope to support an optical fiber extending from the optical connector set in the optical receptacle when the optical transceiver is set in the cage by an upside-down arrangement.

2. The optical transceiver of claim 1 ,
wherein the guide prevents the end portion of the arm from protruding from the pocket of the housing.

3. The optical transceiver of claim 1 ,
wherein the end portion of the arm is bent inwardly and provides the knob in an end thereof,
wherein the pocket of the housing provides a slope, and
wherein the end portion of the arm slides on the slope of the pocket to push the knob outwardly when the pull-tab is pulled out.

4. The optical transceiver of claim 1 ,
wherein the housing comprises a top body and a bottom body, the guide is formed in one of the top body and the bottom body.

5. The optical transceiver of claim 1 ,
wherein the arm further provides another leg, and the housing further provides another guide having a wall, and
wherein the another leg and the wall prevent the pull-tab from being disassembled with the housing.

6. The optical transceiver of claim 5 ,
further comprising an optical receptacle in a front of the housing,
wherein the another leg and the another guide are provided close to the front of the housing, and the leg and the guide are provided in a middle of the housing apart from the front.

7. The optical transceiver of claim 1 ,
wherein the bar further provides walls in respective sides thereof, the walls and the supporting slope forming a hollow to secure the optical fiber therein.

8. The optical transceiver of claim 1 ,
wherein the bar provides a front end thereof formed in an arched shape.

9. The optical transceiver of claim 1 ,
wherein the optical fiber is secured with a boot from an end of the optical connector, and
wherein the boot in an end thereof, the supporting slope in an end closest to the optical transceiver, and another end farthest from the optical transceiver virtually form an arch with a radius of curvature greater than 30 mm.

Assignees

• Sumitomo Electric Industries

Inventors

• Ishii Kuniyuki
• Kurashima Hiromi

Classifications

• G02B6/4292

  the light guide being disconnectable from the opto-electronic element, e.g. mutually self aligning arrangements · CPC title

• G02B6/4261 Primary

  Packages with mounting structures to be pluggable or detachable, e.g. having latches or rails · CPC title