US 12,292,606 B2
Connector system
Marco Assale, Genoa (IT); Angelo Rivara, Genoa (IT); Claudio D'Incà, Genoa (IT); Sergio Lanzone, Genoa (IT); and Sergio Mosti, Genoa (IT)
Assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 18/008,540
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Jun. 10, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/066145
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 6, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/249640, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0213714 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. H04B 10/00 (2013.01); G02B 6/42 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/4269 (2013.01) [G02B 6/4271 (2013.01); G02B 6/428 (2013.01); G02B 6/4292 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An interface module, comprising:
an interface for connection with a signal connector;
a cage for guiding the signal connector towards the interface; and
a heat sink;
wherein the cage comprises a cage portion that is configured to move from a first position to a second position upon insertion of the signal connector into the cage, wherein, when in the first position, the cage portion is not in thermal contact with the heat sink, wherein, when in the second position, the cage portion is in thermal contact with the heat sink, and
wherein the cage portion comprises a plurality of elongate apertures and a plurality of elongate sections, wherein each elongate aperture and each elongate section extends, from a first side to a second side of the cage portion, in a direction substantially parallel to a direction of insertion of the signal connector into the cage;
wherein the elongate sections permit flexing of the cage portion about an axis orthogonal to the direction of insertion of the signal connector into the cage.