Patent ID: 8331753

Claim:
A fiber optic telecommunications assembly comprising: (a) a housing defining an open front and a back opposite the open front; (b) at least one fiber optic adapter mounted to the housing, the fiber optic adapter configured to mate with a telecommunications module inserted through the front of the housing, the fiber optic adapter including a front end and a rear end, each end of the fiber optic adapter configured to receive a mating fiber optic connector, the front end positioned to receive a first mating fiber optic connector of the telecommunications module inserted through the front toward the back and the rear end positioned to receive a second mating fiber optic connector of a fiber optic cable; and (c) a telecommunications module mounted to the housing, the telecommunications module including: a module housing defining a front end and a rear end; and the first mating fiber optic connector, the first mating fiber optic connector being mounted to the module housing at an intermediate mounting location forwardly offset from the rear end of the module housing and rearwardly offset from the front end of the module housing, the fiber optic connector having an interface end that faces in a rearward direction, the interface end of the fiber optic connector being accessible from outside the module housing and including a ferrule; (d) wherein the telecommunications module is mounted within the housing separately from the fiber optic adapter such that the ferrule of the first mating fiber optic connector of the telecommunications module engages the fiber optic adapter mounted to the housing when the telecommunications module is mounted to the housing.