Electricity: conductors and insulators – Boxes and housings
Reexamination Certificate
2007-03-06
2007-03-06
Estrada, Angel R. (Department: 2831)
Electricity: conductors and insulators
Boxes and housings
C174S017070, C174S520000, C174S521000, C220S003200
Reexamination Certificate
active
10671748
ABSTRACT:
The invention describes a fiber optic module package which uses a metal-to-metal contact seal between a lid and a module housing. The metal-to-metal contact seal provides a sealing mechanism between the lid and the module housing. The module housing has a knife-shaped edge that can bite into a bottom surface of the lid when pressure is exerted on the lid. In a first embodiment, the module housing has a side slot in which an outer wall of the lid can enter which serves as a holding mechanism between the lid and the module housing. In a second embodiment, the module housing has an interior wall which can be pressed into a curved surface of the lid that serves as a holding mechanism between the lid and the module housing. In a third embodiment, multiple screws are inserted through multiple holes on the lid and into the module housing which serve as a holding mechanism between the lid and the module housing.
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EP Search Report, Application No. 04022666, dated Jan. 3, 2005.
Barbarossa Giovanni
Guan William Z.
Avanex Corporation
Estrada Angel R.
Patterson & Sheridan LLP
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