Patent ID: 7257223

Claim:
A telecommunications device comprising: a chassis including a card housing containing a plurality of splitter cards, the housing including top and bottom walls and also including front and back ends and opposing sides, the front end defining an access opening for allowing the splitter cards to be inserted into or removed from the card housing; a circuit board positioned at the back end of the housing, the circuit board including a major front face that faces toward the front end of the housing, the circuit board also including an upper portion that extends higher than the top wall of the housing and a lower portion that extends lower than the bottom wall of the housing; a plurality of card edge connectors for providing electrical connections with the splitter cards, the card edge connectors being located within the card housing and being mechanically coupled to the front side of the circuit board; first telecommunications connectors mechanically coupled to the major front face of the circuit board at the upper portion of the circuit board; second telecommunications connectors mechanically coupled to the major front face of the circuit board at the lower portion of the circuit board; the chassis defining upper and lower open side regions for allowing cables to be routed laterally from adjacent the sides of the chassis to the first and second telecommunications connectors, the upper and lower open side regions being located adjacent to the back end of the housing, the upper open side regions being located above the top wall of the card housing and the lower open side regions being located below the bottom wall of the card housing; and the card edge connectors being electrically connected to the first and second telecommunications connectors by the circuit board.