Patent ID: 7949221

Claim:
A signal transmission cable management system comprising: a fixture including a front end, a rear end, a sidewall located between the front end and the rear end, and an access opening located opposite the sidewall between the front end and the rear end, wherein the front end, the rear end, and the sidewall define an interior of the fixture and the access opening communicates with the interior; a plurality of modules mounted at module mounting locations within the fixture with each of the modules movably mounted in the fixture for movement along a line of travel that extends in a direction generally from the sidewall toward the access opening, each one of the modules including a plurality of adapters for holding a fiber optic connector, each adapter having opposite ends for coupling to a fiber optic cable connector, each one of the adapters movable with the one of the modules along the line of travel, the plurality of adapters linearly disposed along the line of travel for each of the modules, each adapter defining a longitudinal connector axis, the connector axes positioned parallel to one another; a splitter chassis configured to receive a plurality of splitters, the splitter chassis moveably mounted within the fixture such that an open end of the splitter chassis is moveable in a direction extending generally from the sidewall toward the access opening of the fixture, wherein the open end of the splitter chassis is also moveable toward and away from the module mounting locations along a direction extending generally from the front end to the rear end of the fixture; a plurality of splitters mounted to the splitter chassis through the open end, each splitter including a latch, each splitter individually latchable to the splitter chassis; an input cable extending from one of the modules to each of the splitters; and a plurality of output cables extending from the modules to each of the splitters.