G02B6/4261

Expansion bracket with heat dissipation for optical transceiver system

An electronic component such as a fan-less component for a 5G system having an expansion card and optical transceivers is disclosed. The electronic component has a chassis heat sink having a contact surface and a printed circuit board. A transceiver cage is located on the printed circuit board. The cage receives the optical transceiver. The transceiver cage is in thermal contact with the optical transceiver. The system includes a bracket having a heat sink support with a flat surface in thermal contact with the contact surface of the chassis heat sink. The bracket has a transceiver support having a flat surface in thermal contact with the optical transceiver and supporting the expansion card. A connector support is coupled to the heat sink support and the transceiver support. Heat from the optical transceiver is transmitted through the transceiver, connector, and the heat sink supports to the chassis heat sink.

OPTICAL MODULE WITH CASING
20170222341 · 2017-08-03 ·

An optical module includes an optical transceiver and the fastening structure wherein the optical transceiver includes a body, a plurality of first connecting legs extending along a first direction from the body, a plurality of second connecting legs extending initially from the body along the second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and successively along the first direction. The fastening structure includes a plurality of through holes through which the first connecting legs and the second connecting legs extend so as to be mounting to an external printed circuit board under said optical module.

Optical transceiver and method for setting same
11239910 · 2022-02-01 · ·

A method for setting a pluggable optical transceiver, includes: amplifying, with an amplifier, an electrical signal being input to the pluggable optical transceiver from an external device to which the pluggable optical transceiver is mounted, and outputting the amplified electrical signal as a drive signal of an optical modulator; modulating light input from a light source with the optical modulator, based on the drive signal, and outputting the modulated light; monitoring amplitude of the drive signal; and executing a control sequence being set in advance for at least one of the amplifier and the optical modulator when detecting that amplitude of the drive signal exceeds a reference value being set in advance.

Shielding cage for closely spaced cage arrays

A shielding cage with an improved construction is disclosed that permits such cages to be more closely spaced together when a plurality of them are arranged in side-by-side arrays of cages. The cage is formed from a sheet metal blank that is stamped and formed to define sidewalls, top wall, bottom wall and a rear wall. In one embodiment, the ends of the blank are formed with interengaging elements in the form of tabs and slots that interfit within the plane of one of the cage walls, thereby eliminating the need for projections disposed on the sidewalls of the cage.

Connector and connector assembly

A connector is provided and includes a bottom, a top case positioned above the bottom case, and a partition is positioned between the top case and the bottom case. A plurality of ports is provided between the top case and the bottom case and the ports are separated by the partition. A temperature exchange device is mounted on the bottom case.

MODULE RETRACTING TYPE INSTALLING AND UNINSTALLING DEVICE
20170324194 · 2017-11-09 ·

A module retracting type installing and uninstalling device, including a base, a slide block, a pressing cover and a bail. The slide block includes a long-strip-shaped slide block base body, and U-shaped grooves are respectively formed in the middle part of two side walls of the slide block base body. A square hole is formed at the rear end of the slide block base body, and is sheathed onto a triangular lock catch of the base. First and second rotating shafts of the bail are respectively located in two snapping grooves at the front end of the base, and third and fourth rotating shafts are respectively located in the U-shaped grooves. The pressing cover includes a square pressing cover base body, and a pressure resilient sheet attached to the upper surface of the slide block and being pressed to the base.

OPTICAL MODULE HEATSINK LIFTER AND METHOD
20170269314 · 2017-09-21 ·

A module heatsink lifter for raising and lowering a heatsink enabling insertion and removal of a module includes a fixed base; a hinge connector of the fixed based coupled to the heatsink; and an actuator mechanism to raise and lower the heatsink through rotation about the hinge connector, wherein the actuator mechanism operates from a front faceplate based on push and pull movement to raise and lower the heatsink into a raised position and a lowered position. The heatsink includes a Thermal Interface Material (TIM) on a bottom portion which creates a thermal connection with the module when the heatsink is in the lowered position. The module can include a pluggable optical module.

Unlocking structure of pluggable optical module
11249263 · 2022-02-15 · ·

A pluggable optical module unlocking structure has a shell and outer buckle; a mounting groove with a metal rocker plate having a flat and oblique rocker plates; the oblique rocker plate at a flat rocker plate end away from the outer buckle, and an oblique rocker plate end near the flat rocker plate is a lower end; a flat rocker plate end away from the oblique rocker plate symmetrically has lifting claws on both sides of the outer buckle; a pulling tab is slidably mounted on the shell, the pulling tab includes a pressing rod in a shell width direction, and a lower end pressing rod surface abuts against a flat rocker plate upper end surface. The pressing rod and metal rocker plate form a seesaw structure unlocking mechanism. The pulling tab moves the pressing rod so that the lifting claws raise the cage spring upward to unlock.

PLUGGABLE OPTICAL MODULES WITH BLIND MATE OPTICAL CONNECTORS
20220236477 · 2022-07-28 ·

Aspects include a pluggable optical device and related optical system. The pluggable optical device comprises a housing, a printed circuit board (PCB) within the housing, and one or more blind mate optical connectors attached to the PCB along a first end of the PCB. The pluggable optical device further comprises one or more electrical contacts of the PCB near the first end, one or more external optical connectors arranged near a second end of the PCB opposite the first end, and one or more optical components attached to the PCB and included in optical paths extending between the one or more external optical connectors and the one or more blind mate optical connectors.

UNLOCKING STRUCTURE OF PLUGGABLE OPTICAL MODULE
20210405312 · 2021-12-30 · ·

A pluggable optical module unlocking structure has a shell and outer buckle; a mounting groove with a metal rocker plate having a flat and oblique rocker plates; the oblique rocker plate at a flat rocker plate end away from the outer buckle, and an oblique rocker plate end near the flat rocker plate is a lower end; a flat rocker plate end away from the oblique rocker plate symmetrically has lifting claws on both sides of the outer buckle; a pulling tab is slidably mounted on the shell, the pulling tab includes a pressing rod in a shell width direction, and a lower end pressing rod surface abuts against a flat rocker plate upper end surface. The pressing rod and metal rocker plate form a seesaw structure unlocking mechanism. The pulling tab moves the pressing rod so that the lifting claws raise the cage spring upward to unlock.