Patent ID: 7412147

Claim:
A fiber optic connection panel, comprising: a chassis; and a plurality of circuit modules adapted to be mounted to the chassis, wherein each circuit module includes: a housing defining an interior; a plurality of adapters mounted on a front face and a rear face of the housing; a plurality of fiber optic connectors connected to interior ports defined by the adapters; an optical switch mounted to a printed circuit board positioned in the interior of the housing; a plurality of fiber optic cables connecting the fiber optic connectors to the optical switch; and a separator plate positioned to at least partially cover the printed circuit board; wherein at least some of the fiber optic cables include slack to allow the fiber optic connectors coupled thereto to be removed from the circuit module, and wherein the separator plate is positioned to separate the slack of the fiber optic cables from the printed circuit board; and wherein the seperator plate surrounds the printed circuit board.