Patent ID: 8331753
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: G02B,H04Q,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A fiber optic telecommunications assembly comprising: (a) a housing defining an open front and a back opposite the open front; (b) at least one fiber optic adapter mounted to the housing, the fiber optic adapter configured to mate with a telecommunications module inserted through the front of the housing, the fiber optic adapter including a front end and a rear end, each end of the fiber optic adapter configured to receive a mating fiber optic connector, the front end positioned to receive a first mating fiber optic connector of the telecommunications module inserted through the front toward the back and the rear end positioned to receive a second mating fiber optic connector of a fiber optic cable; and (c) a telecommunications module mounted to the housing, the telecommunications module including: (d) wherein the telecommunications module is mounted within the housing separately from the fiber optic adapter such that the ferrule of the first mating fiber optic connector of the telecommunications module engages the fiber optic adapter mounted to the housing when the telecommunications module is mounted to the housing.