Patent ID: 8891928

Claim:
A fiber optic splice enclosure system comprising: an enclosure defining an enclosure chamber; first and second endplate assemblies adapted to be interchangeably mounted on the enclosure to provide different respective configurations for connecting fiber optic cables to the enclosure; wherein the first endplate assembly includes a cable pass through port that is configured to terminate a fiber optic cable using a first termination method, the first termination method includes passing the fiber optic cable through the cable pass through port into the enclosure chamber and splicing an optical fiber of the fiber optic cable within the enclosure chamber; and the second endplate assembly includes an optical fiber connector that is configured to terminate a fiber optic cable using a second termination method different form the first termination method, the second termination method includes terminating an optical fiber of the fiber optic cable to the optical fiber connector; wherein the first and second endplate assemblies are each configured to connect a drop fiber optic cable to the enclosure; and the enclosure includes a main port configured to receive a main fiber optic cable into the enclosure chamber; wherein the main port has a side opening on a lateral side thereof to enable a section of the main fiber optic cable to be inserted laterally into the main port, and each of the first and second endplate assemblies, when mounted on the enclosure, closes the side opening of the main port to prevent lateral removal of the main fiber optic cable from the main port; and wherein a splice tray is disposed in the enclosure chamber.