Patent ID: 8180192
Filing Date: 2012-05-15
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A telecommunications assembly comprising: a chassis defining a plurality of mounting locations; a fiber optic adapter assembly corresponding to each mounting location, each adapter assembly including a unitary housing that is mounted to the mounting location with a fastener with at least one fiber optic adapter integrally formed with the unitary housing, each fiber optic adapter including a front end and a back end, each end configured to receive a fiber optic connector, wherein an access opening is positioned on the unitary housing between the front and back ends of the at least one fiber optic adapter, the fiber optic adapter assembly including inner housing components and a ferrule alignment sleeve for each adapter, wherein the access opening is sized to permit the inner housing components and the ferrule alignment sleeve to be positioned within each adapter between the front and back ends, wherein a panel is positioned within the access opening to hold the inner housing components and the ferrule alignment sleeve within each adapter; and at least one module removably mounted to the chassis, the module mounted at one of the mounting locations and including at least one fiber optic connector that is configured to engage the at least one fiber optic adapter of the adapter assembly when the module is mounted to the chassis.