Fiber optic splitter module
AssigneeADC Telecommunications, Inc.
InventorsSteven C. Zimmel, Trevor D. Smith, Ponharith Nhep
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Abstract
A telecommunications assembly includes a chassis and a plurality of fiber optic splitter modules mounted within the chassis. Each splitter module includes at least one fiber optic connector. Within an interior of the chassis are positioned at least one fiber optic adapter. Inserting the splitter module through a front opening of the chassis at a mounting location positions the connector of the splitter module for insertion into and mating with the adapter of the chassis. The adapters mounted within the interior of the chassis are integrally formed as part of a removable adapter assembly. A method of mounting a fiber optic splitter module within a telecommunications chassis is also disclosed.
Claims8
A method of using a telecommunications chassis comprising a top, a bottom, a front opening, and a rear opening opposite the front opening, the chassis defining a plurality of mounting locations, the method comprising the steps of:
- removably mounting an adapter assembly defining at least one fiber optic adapter into the chassis through the rear opening at one of the mounting locations;
- inserting a module that includes an optical component mounted to the module and at least one fiber optic connector protruding from the module into the chassis through the front opening at one of the mounting locations to insert the at least one fiber optic connector of the module into an adapter of the adapter assembly at the rear of the chassis;
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- removably mounting a rear fiber optic connector to a rear of the at least one fiber optic adapter for optically mating with the at least one fiber optic connector protruding from the module.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.