Patent ID: 8428418

Claim:
A fiber optic adapter cassette, comprising: a) a housing defining an interior, the housing including: i) a front opening; ii) a rear wall opposite the front opening, the rear wall defining an aperture; b) a removable front adapter plate defining an array of adapter openings, the removable front adapter plate being attached to the front opening of the housing by a snap-fit connection; c) a plurality of fiber optic adapters mounted within the openings of the front adapter plate, each of the adapters defining an exterior connection end and an interior connection end; d) a multi-fiber cable adapter mounted within the aperture of the rear wall of the housing, the multi-fiber cable adapter defining an exterior connection end and an interior connection end; e) a plurality of optical cable connections located within the interior of the housing, each optical cable connection being terminated to the internal connection end of the multi-fiber cable adapter and the internal connection end of one of the fiber optic adapters; and f) a cover defining a top opening for providing access to the housing interior, the cover attached to the housing by a snap-fit connection, the cover enclosing the optical cable connection within the interior of the housing, wherein the housing and the cover are made of a plastic material.