Patent ID: 6850685
Filing Date: 2005-02-01
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A module for connecting telecommunications cables comprising: a housing including a top, a bottom, a first side and a second opposing side, defining an interior, an exterior and a front opening into the interior; a bulkhead pivotably mounted within the opening, pivoting about a vertical axis located adjacent the second side, and movable between a first position occluding the front opening and a second position allowing access through the front opening into the interior, the bulkhead having a first side which is oriented toward the interior when the bulkhead is in the first position and an opposing second side; the bulkhead including a plurality of connection locations for connecting a first telecommunications cable on the first side of the bulkhead with a second telecommunications cable on the second side of the bulkhead; the bulkhead including a cable management structure which moves with the bulkhead, the cable management structure providing slack storage for a plurality of cable slack lengths and further including cable guide structures to provide bend radius protection and direct a telecommunications cable to the cable management structure from the interior of the housing and from the cable management structure to the connection locations on the first side of the bulkhead.