Patent ID: 8452148

Claim:
A fiber optic apparatus, comprising: a chassis; a tray guide system disposed within the chassis and receiving a plurality of fiber optic equipment trays, wherein each of the plurality of fiber optic equipment trays includes opposite front and rear ends that are spaced apart from one other in a longitudinal direction, and opposite first and second ends that are spaced apart from one another in a lateral direction that extends crosswise to the longitudinal direction, and each of the plurality of fiber optic equipment trays is independently translatable in the longitudinal direction about the chassis; and a module guide system including a plurality of module guides respectively carried by the plurality of fiber optic equipment trays, wherein for each fiber optic equipment tray of the plurality of fiber optic equipment trays, the fiber optic equipment tray carries laterally spaced apart module guides of the plurality of module guides, and carries at least one fiber optic module that extends laterally between, and is movably supported by both of, the laterally spaced apart module guides carried by the fiber optic equipment tray, wherein the laterally spaced apart module guides, which are carried by the fiber optic equipment tray, are adapted for guiding the at least one fiber optic module so that the at least one fiber optic module is independently translatable in the longitudinal direction relative to the fiber optic equipment tray, the at least one fiber optic module includes at least one fiber optic adapter that extends in the lateral direction while the at least one fiber optic module extends laterally between, and is movably supported by both of, the laterally spaced apart module guides carried by the fiber optic equipment tray; and the at least one fiber optic module having a front end, a rear end, and an inside, the at least one fiber optic adapter disposed through the front end, and at least one optical fiber provided within the inside of the at least one fiber optic module connected to the at least one fiber optic adapter.