US 7,321,100 B2
Housing for high-speed electro-optical assembly incorporating latching and EMI shielding
John Gerard Dewit, Scotts Valley, Calif. (US); Jignesh Shah, Sunnyvale, Calif. (US); and Ashok Parmar, Fremont, Calif. (US)
Assigned to Beam Express Inc, Sunnyvale, Calif. (US)
Filed on Jan. 13, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/332,626.
Prior Publication US 2007/0163803 A1, Jul. 19, 2007
Int. Cl. H05K 9/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 174—382  [174/377; 361/722; 361/759; 361/754; 361/818; 361/800; 361/798; 361/801] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for containing an electro-optical assembly, the system being placed inside a panel, the system comprising:
a. a housing, the electro-optical assembly being placed in the housing, the housing including:
i. a top section; and
ii. a bottom section;
b. a front element, the front element connected to the housing, the front element guiding at least one communication link for accessing the electro-optical assembly, the front element including:
i. a first face; and
ii. a second face;
c. an attachment module, the attachment module connected to the front element of the housing, the attachment module mounting the housing within the panel, the attachment module including:
i. a split tee hairpin spring, the split tee hairpin spring comprising compressible latch points, wherein the latch points compress on insertion of the housing inside the panel to facilitate latching of the housing within the panel; and
ii. a fork element, wherein the fork element inter-engages with the split tee hairpin spring to facilitate unlatching of the housing from the panel; and
d. a metallic plate, the metallic plate comprising at least one hole to pass the at least one communication link passing through the front element to the electro-optical assembly, the metallic plate being attached to the second face of the front element.