Patent ID: 8116095

Claim:
A chassis for use in an electrical-to-optical or optical-to-electrical conversion arrangement, the chassis comprising: a) a chassis structure having a front side and a rear side, the front side defining a front opening, the chassis structure further including a bottom wall and a top wall; b) a number of card guides located on the bottom and top walls of the chassis structure, the card guides at least partially defining compartments sized to receive conversion modules; and c) a plurality of individual back panels corresponding to the number of card guides, the back panels being mounted to the rear side of the chassis, each of the back panels including: i) a bulkhead input and at least a first bulkhead output; ii) a tab extending from a bottom edge of the panel structure in a direction generally parallel with the panel structure, the tab being sized to fit within a slot formed in the bottom wall of the chassis structure; and iii) a swell latch located adjacent to a top edge of the back panel, the swell latch being arranged to engage a hole formed in the top wall of the chassis structure.