Patent ID: 8433054
Filing Date: 2013-04-30
Classification: G02B,H05K

Abstract:
1. A telecommunications system comprising: a telecommunications chassis; a housing for removably receiving a telecommunications equipment module including an electrical-to-optical and optical-to-electrical signal converter, wherein the housing includes a first end and an opposite second end, wherein the signal converter is mounted in the housing and includes fiber optic connectors located at the first end of the housing, and wherein the housing includes coaxial connectors located at the second end of the housing that are electrically connected to the signal converter, wherein the signal converter includes the fiber optic connectors at a first end of the signal converter and an electrical connector at a second end of the signal connector, the housing including a printed circuit board at the second end of the housing, the printed circuit board including coaxial connectors electrically mated with a multi-pin connector, the multi-pin connector of the printed circuit board projecting into an interior of the housing for coupling with the electrical connector of the signal converter for connecting the fiber optic connectors at the first end of the signal converter to the coaxial connectors at the second end of the housing through the signal converter; an adapter plate adapted to be removably connected to the housing, the adapter plate configured for mounting the housing to a wall; wherein the housing includes a first structure for removably receiving the adapter plate and includes a second structure for mounting the housing to the telecommunications chassis when the housing is not coupled to the adapter plate.