Patent ID: 8023791

Claim:
A fiber optic splitter module comprising: a module housing including a front end and a rear end; a fiber optic connector for inputting a fiber optic signal into the fiber optic splitter module, the fiber optic connector being mounted to the module housing without the use of an intermediate fiber optic adapter, the fiber optic connector having an interface end that faces in a rearward direction, the interface end of the fiber optic connector being accessible from outside the module housing and including a ferrule; an optical splitter positioned within the module housing; a splitter input fiber routed from the fiber optic connector to the optical splitter; a fiber output location positioned at the front end of the module housing; and a plurality of splitter output fibers routed from the optical splitter to the fiber output location, the splitter output fibers being output from the module housing at the fiber output location.