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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2009
Terry L. Cooke, Hickory, NC (US);
David L. Dean, Jr., Hickory, NC (US);
Jose Arturo Urdiales Gonzalez, Reynosa, MX;
Tory A. Klavuhn, Newton, NC (US);
Manuel Alejandro Lopez Sanchez, Reynosa, MX;
Harley J. Staber, Coppell, TX (US);
Terry L. Cooke, Hickory, NC (US);
David L. Dean, Jr., Hickory, NC (US);
Jose Arturo Urdiales Gonzalez, Reynosa, MX;
Tory A. Klavuhn, Newton, NC (US);
Manuel Alejandro Lopez Sanchez, Reynosa, MX;
Harley J. Staber, Coppell, TX (US);
Corning Cable Systems LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
Embodiments disclosed in the detailed description include a telescoping fiber optic module. The telescoping fiber optic module may be provided in a fiber optic equipment chassis which may be disposed in an equipment rack to support fiber optic connections. In embodiments disclosed herein, the telescoping fiber optic module is comprised of a fixed housing portion having an opening on a front side defining a passage inside the fixed housing portion. The fiber optic module is also comprised of a telescoping portion received in the passage inside the fixed housing portion. In this manner, the telescoping portion can telescope in and out of the fixed housing portion. This allows fiber optic connectors or adapters disposed in the telescoping portion and any connections made thereto to be telescoped out for improved access and telescoped back into the fixed housing portion when access is no longer needed.