Patent ID: 7116777
Filing Date: 2006-10-03
Classification: H04Q

Abstract:
1. A telecommunications connection module comprising: a housing with a front face, a rear face, a top, a bottom and opposing sides, defining an interior; the front face including a plurality of connection locations for connecting a plurality of first optical fiber telecommunications cables of a first side of the front face with a plurality of second optical fiber telecommunications cables of a second side of the front face; each of the connection locations being removably mounted to the front face so that an interior side of each connection location is accessible from outside the interior; the plurality of connection locations arranged into a first row and a second vertically spaced apart row of connection locations, the connection locations including fiber optic adapters for connecting two fiber optic connectors in axial alignment; an intermediate shelf within the interior positioned between the top and the bottom and dividing the interior into a first space and a second space, the shelf positioned so that a cable of the plurality of second optical fiber telecommunications cables placed in the first space may be connected to one of the connection locations in the first row and a cable of the plurality of second optical fiber telecommunications cables placed in the second space may be connected with one of the connection locations in the second row, wherein sufficient slack is provided in the cables placed in the first and second spaces of the interior so that each connection location may be released from the front face and extended away from the interior to permit access to the interior side of the connection location and to a cable of the plurality of second optical fiber telecommunications cables.