Patent ID: 8886003
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a housing comprising: a multiple fiber adapter attached to an exterior of a front housing wall of said housing; a multiple fiber connector connected to said multiple fiber adapter and disposed in an interior of the front housing wall of said housing; an optical splitter in said splitter compartment of said housing; an optical splice chip holder in said splicer compartment; an input fiber optically connected to said optical splitter; and a plurality of output fibers optically connected to said optical splitter and said multiple fiber connector, wherein die housing comprises a hinge plate corresponding to a bottom housing wall perpendicular to the front housing wall of said housing in a closed state and mounted on a hinge affixed to said housing at an intersection between the bottom housing wall and a rear housing wall opposite from the front housing wall, wherein the hinge plate comprises a plurality of mounting holes for mounting an additional apparatus having the same components as the apparatus to the apparatus or mounting the apparatus on an exterior wall, and wherein the hinge plate is configured to cover only one of the splicer compartment and the splitter compartment.