Patent ID: 8340491
Filing Date: 2012-12-25
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A telecommunications module comprising: a housing including a main housing portion and a removable cover cooperatively defining an interior, the main housing portion defining a first sidewall, a front wall, a rear wall, a top wall, and a bottom wall, the cover defining a second sidewall of the housing when mounted on the main housing portion to close off the interior; an optical component located within the interior, the optical component configured to receive a fiber optic input signal coming in from a signal input location of the housing; and the cover defining a protrusion extending from the second sidewall toward the main housing portion, the protrusion received within a recess defined on the front wall of the main housing portion when the cover is mounted on the main housing portion, wherein, if the signal input location is desired to be on the front wall, the protrusion is selectively breakable to expose the recess on the front wall of the main housing portion to define the signal input location.