Patent ID: 8649648

Claim:
A fiber optic adapter cassette, comprising: a) a wedge-shaped housing defining an interior, the wedge-shaped housing including: i) a corrugated front wall defining a plurality of openings; the openings being located within angled notches of the corrugated front wall; ii) a rear wall opposite the corrugated front wall, the rear wall being shorter than the corrugated front wall; iii) a first side wall extending between the corrugated front wall and the rear wall; iv) a second side wall opposite the first side wall, the second side wall being an angled side wall extending between the corrugated front wall and the rear wall in a non-parallel direction to the first side wall; and v) a bottom wall; b) a cover attached to the wedge-shaped housing, the cover defining the top wall of the wedge-shaped housing and providing access to the interior of the wedge-shaped housing; c) a plurality of fiber optic adapters mounted within the openings of the corrugated front wall, each of the adapters defining an exterior connection end and an interior connection end, the exterior connection ends of the adapters being angled in a non-perpendicular direction relative to a plane defined by the corrugated front wall of the wedge-shaped housing; d) a multi-fiber cable adapter mounted within an opening of the rear wall of the wedge-shaped housing, the multi-fiber cable adapter defining an exterior connection end and an interior connection end; and e) a plurality of optical cable connections located within the interior of the wedge-shaped housing, each optical cable connection being terminated to the internal connection end of the multi-fiber cable adapter and the internal connection end of one of the fiber optic adapters.