Patent ID: 7835611
Filing Date: 2010-11-16
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A telecommunications assembly comprising: a chassis including a housing with a top, a bottom, and opposing sides extending between a front and a back, the housing defining an interior space accessible at least through the front, the housing defining at least one mounting location within the interior space; at least one fiber optic adapter assembly corresponding to each of the mounting locations within the interior space, the adapter assembly removably mounted to the mounting location, each adapter assembly including a unitary housing with at least one fiber optic adapter integrally formed in the unitary housing, each fiber optic adapter including a front end directed toward the front of the housing and a back end directed toward the back of the housing, each end configured to receive a fiber optic connector, wherein an access opening is positioned on the housing between the front and back ends of the at least one fiber optic adapter, the fiber optic adapter assembly including inner housing components and a ferrule alignment sleeve for each adapter, wherein the access opening is sized to permit the inner housing components and the ferrule alignment sleeve to be positioned within each adapter between the front and back ends, wherein a panel is positioned within the access opening to hold the inner housing components and the ferrule alignment sleeve within each adapter; and at least one module configured to be received within the chassis through the front of the chassis and removably mounted within the chassis separately from the at least one fiber optic adapter assembly, the module mounted at one of the mounting locations and including a housing to which is mounted at least one fiber optic connector that is configured to engage the at least one fiber optic adapter of the adapter assembly when the module is mounted within the chassis.