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Method and apparatus of pull-lever release for fiber optic modules

  • US 6,942,395 B1
  • Filed: 01/24/2002
  • Issued: 09/13/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A fiber optic module comprising:

  • a pull-lever actuator to disengage and withdraw the fiber optic module from a cage assembly; and

    one or more electro-optic transducers to convert optical signals into electrical signals or electrical signals into optical signals wherein the pull-lever actuator includes a lever arm to lever between the fiber optic module and the cage assembly for flexing the cage assembly, thereby releasing a hook of the fiber optic module from a latch of the cage assembly.

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