Patent ID: 8873922

Claim:
A telecommunications apparatus comprising: a fan-out module main body adapted for connection to a rack; a fan-out block attached to the fan-out module main body; a multi-fiber cable segment including a jacket having an elongate transverse cross-sectional profile defining a major axis and a minor axis, the multi-fiber cable segment including a central region at which a plurality of optical fibers are positioned, the central region being positioned at an intersection between the major and minor axes, the multi-fiber cable segment including first and second strength members positioned along the major axis on opposite sides of the central region, the first and second strength members being anchored to the fan-out block; a plurality of pigtail cable segments each including a jacket containing one of the optical fibers and a plurality of flexible strength members positioned inside the jacket, the flexible strength members of the pigtail cable segments being anchored to the fan-out block, the optical fibers being fanned out from the multi-fiber cable segment to the pigtail cable segments within the fan-out block; and a plurality of single fiber connectors mounted to free ends of the pigtail cable segments.