Patent ID: 8417074

Claim:
A fiber optic adapter block comprising: a one-piece main body including a front end, a rear end, a top wall, a bottom wall, a closed first side, and an open second side, the main body defining a plurality of openings extending from the front end to the rear end, each opening defining a separate fiber optic adapter, each fiber optic adapter separated from an adjacent fiber optic adapter by a shared wall extending from the front end to the rear end, each opening defining a longitudinal axis, each fiber optic adapter being configured to interconnect two cables terminated with fiber optic connectors along the direction of the longitudinal axis; a fiber optic connector ferrule alignment structure mounted within each of the openings of the main body, the fiber optic connector ferrule alignment structure including a sleeve for aligning ferrules and a sleeve mount for receiving the sleeve, the fiber optic connector ferrule alignment structure mounted within the opening in a direction extending from the open second side toward the closed first side of the main body; a cover panel coupled to the main body to close the open second side of the main body to capture the fiber optic connector ferrule alignment structures within the main body; a pair of parallel guide rails extending generally from the top wall to the bottom wall, one of the guide rails located on the first side of the main body, the other of the guide rails located on the cover panel, the pair of guide rails configured for slidably mounting the fiber optic adapter block to a first telecommunications device; and a top guide located on the top wall of the main body and a bottom guide located on the bottom wall of the main body, the top and bottom guides being parallel to each other and to the longitudinal axes of the openings, the top and bottom guides configured for slidably mounting the fiber optic adapter block to a second telecommunications device.