US 11,809,002 B2
Optical module with angled latch plane
Youngbae Park, Milpitas, CA (US)
Assigned to Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/483,927.
Prior Publication US 2023/0095499 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. G02B 6/42 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/4261 (2013.01) [G02B 6/428 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pluggable optical module configured to be inserted into a cage, the pluggable optical module comprising:
a casing;
an optical connector at a first longitudinal end of the casing; and
a printed circuit board held within an internal space of the casing that protrudes from a second longitudinal end of the casing, wherein the second longitudinal end is opposite of the first longitudinal end, and a portion of the printed circuit board protruding from the second longitudinal end of the casing,
wherein the casing comprises:
a first latching pocket disposed on a first side of the casing configured to receive a first latch of the cage; and
a second latching pocket disposed on a second side of the casing configured to receive a second latch of the cage, wherein the second side is opposite to the first side, and
wherein each of the first latching pocket and the second latching pocket comprises:
a latch plane configured to contact front terminal ends of a corresponding one of the first latch and the second latch; and
a latch release that respectively releases the corresponding one of the first latch and the second latch from a corresponding one of the first latching pocket and the second latching pocket,
wherein the latch plane is a surface on each of the first side of the casing and the second side of the casing that connects a top surface of each of the first latching pocket and the second latching pocket to a bottom surface of each of the first latching pocket and the second latching pocket, and
wherein the latch plane is angled away from vertical at an angle between 3 and 15 degrees.