Patent ID: 8285105

Claim:
A glass-fiber coupler module comprising: a cassette mount having a first side and an opposite, second side, the first side of the cassette mount defining a storage area configured to receive spare lengths of glass fibers; a mounting assembly pivotally coupled to the cassette mount, the mounting assembly being configured to pivot from a first position covering the storage area to a second position providing access to the storage area, the mounting assembly being configured to support a first plurality of couplings, each coupling of the first plurality being configured to receive a plug at each of a first end and a second end; a front panel coupled to the cassette mount, the front panel being configured to support a second plurality of couplings, each coupling of the second plurality being configured to receive a plug at each of a first end and a second end, the second plurality of couplings being more numerous than the first plurality of couplings; a splitter coupled to the second side of the cassette mount, the splitter configured to receive at least one glass fiber routed from the second end of at least one of the couplings of the first plurality, the splitter also configured to output at least two glass fibers to the first ends of at least two of the couplings of the second plurality for each glass fiber received at the splitter; a first glass fiber extending from the second end of one of the couplings of the first plurality, the first glass fiber being routed to the first end of a first of the couplings of the second plurality; a second glass fiber extending from the second end of another of the couplings of the first plurality, the second glass fiber being routed to the splitter; a third glass fiber extending from the splitter to the first end of a second of the couplings of the second plurality; and a fourth glass fiber extending from the splitter to the first end of a third of the couplings of the second plurality.