Patent ID: 7706656
Filing Date: 2010-04-27
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A fiber optic adapter module, comprising: a unitary body with a housing portion and a mounting portion that are formed as an integral unit, the unitary body defining a longitudinal axis; the housing portion defining at least one fiber optic adapter formed as an integral unit with the housing portion, the housing portion defining a top, a bottom, and first and second transverse sides extending between the top and the bottom, each fiber optic adapter of the housing portion including a front opening for receiving a first fiber optic connector, a rear opening for receiving a second fiber optic connector adapted to mate with the first fiber optic connector, and a side opening for receiving a ferrule alignment sleeve and inner housing components, the housing portion including a panel closing off the side opening of at least one of the fiber optic adapters for holding the ferrule alignment sleeve and the inner housing components within the fiber optic adapter; the mounting portion being configured to mount the unitary body to a piece of telecommunications equipment, the mounting portion including a mounting slide for slidably guiding the fiber optic adapter module into the piece of telecommunications equipment, the mounting slide formed as an integral unit with the top of the housing portion and extending along the longitudinal axis of the unitary body, the mounting portion defining a flange that extends away from the mounting slide in a direction opposite the housing portion, the flange for mounting the fiber optic adapter module to the piece of telecommunications equipment.