Patent ID: 7382961
Filing Date: 2008-06-03
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A telecommunications system comprising: a first fiber management apparatus having a rear-trough architecture, in which fibers are routed through troughs on the rear of the first fiber management apparatus; a second fiber management apparatus having a front-access architecture, in which fibers are routed and accessed from the front of the second fiber management apparatus; and a transition panel interposed between the first and second fiber management apparatuses, to transition fibers from the rear-trough architecture of the first fiber management apparatus to the front-access architecture of the second fiber management apparatus, the transition panel comprising: an elongated vertical body including substantially planar back and side surfaces; and an elongated tubular member coupled to the substantially planar back surface by a plurality of tubular standoffs, such that the elongated tubular member is spaced from and extends substantially parallel to the substantially planar back surface.