Patent ID: 8019192
Filing Date: 2011-09-13
Classification: G02B,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A telecommunications equipment assembly having a front and a back, the telecommunications assembly comprising: at least one front door positioned at the front of the telecommunications equipment assembly, the front door being pivotally moveable between an open position and a closed position; a termination arrangement positioned behind the at least one front door when the front door is in the closed position, the termination arrangement including a moveable component that is pivotally moveable between a first position and a second position, wherein the moveable component pivots about a vertical pivot axis when moving between the first and second positions, the moveable component including a panel having a first side and an opposite second side, the first side of the panel being accessible from the front of the telecommunications equipment assembly when the moveable component is in the first position and the at least one front door is in the open position, the second side of the panel not being accessible from the front of the telecommunications equipment assembly when the moveable component is in the first position and the at least one front door is in the open position, and the second side of the panel being accessible from the front of the telecommunications equipment assembly when the moveable component is in the second position and the at least one front door is in the open position; the termination arrangement including a termination field carried by the panel, the termination field including a plurality of fiber optic adapters each including a first port positioned at the first side of the panel and a second port positioned at the second side of the panel; a splitter module accessible from the front of the telecommunications equipment assembly when the front door is in the open position, the splitter module including a housing containing an optical splitter; a plurality of first optical fibers for carrying signals split at the optical splitter from the splitter module to the termination field, the first optical fibers having cormectorized ends that plug into the first ports of the fiber optic adapters, wherein the first optical fibers are routed along a fiber routing path having a vertical portion that extends vertically along the vertical pivot axis; and a plurality of second optical fibers routed to the termination field, the second optical fibers having connectorized ends that plug into the second ports of the fiber optic adapters.