Patent 7309170 was granted and assigned to Finisar on December, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
In one example, an optical transceiver is provided that includes a ROSA and a TOSA received within a block portion of an OSA block. The OSA block also includes two groups of adjustable elements, one group for each of the ROSA and the TOSA. The adjustable elements of the first group engage the block portion so as to contact the ROSA, and the adjustable elements of the second group engage the block portion so as to contact the TOSA. The position of the adjustable elements in each respective group can then be varied as necessary to locate and/or maintain the ROSA and TOSA in desired positions and orientations relative to, for example, respective optical connector ports of the optical transceiver.