Patent ID: 9329353
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: G02B

Claim Text:
1. A fiber optic cassette for removable mounting to a telecommunications fixture via a first snap-fit interlock structure, the fiber optic cassette comprising: a body; a fiber optic signal entry location defined on the body for a fiber optic signal to enter the cassette via a fiber optic cable; an adapter block defining a plurality of fiber optic adapters, the adapter block removably mounted to the cassette body via a second snap-fit interlock structure, each adapter of the block defining an outer end, an inner end, and internal structures which allow mating of fiber optic connectors that are mounted to the outer and inner ends, respectively; and optical fibers terminated with fiber optic connectors extending from the fiber optic signal entry location to the inner ends of at least some of the fiber optic adapters of the snap-fit adapter block for relaying the fiber optic signal to fiber optic connectors to be coupled to the outer ends of the adapters; wherein at least a portion of the first snap-fit interlock structure is defined by the adapter block.