Patent ID: 7885505

Claim:
A telecommunications module comprising: a housing including a main housing portion and a removable cover cooperatively defining an interior, the main housing portion defining a first sidewall, a front wall, a rear wall, a top wall, and a bottom wall, the cover defining a second sidewall of the housing when mounted on the main housing portion to close off the interior; the main housing including at least one signal output location defined on the front wall; an optical component located within the interior, the optical component configured to receive a fiber optic input signal coming in from a signal input location of the housing and output a fiber optic output signal going toward the signal output location defined on the front wall of the main housing, wherein the telecommunications module is configured such that the signal input location can be selected to be on either the front wall or the rear wall of the main housing; the cover defining a protrusion extending from the second sidewall toward the main housing portion, the protrusion received within a recess defined on the front wall of the main housing portion when the cover is mounted on the main housing portion; wherein, if the signal input location is desired to be on the front wall, the protrusion is selectively breakable to expose the recess defined on the front wall of the main housing portion, the recess defining a signal input location.