Patent 10191229 was granted and assigned to Sumitomo Electric Industries on January, 2019 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An optical transceiver that optionally exchanges between the bail and the pull-tab for disengaging the optical transceiver with the cage is disclosed. The optical transceiver provides a slider to be assembled with both of the bail and the pull-tab. The slider provides an opening common to the bail and the pull-tab, and a composite opening that includes a portion for the bail and another portion for the pull-tab. The bail, by rotating around the common opening, may induce forward and rearward motions for the slider, while, the pull-tab, by pulling and pushing, may directly cause the forward and rearward motions for the slider through the composite opening.