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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2013
Filed:
May. 04, 2011
Timothy G. Badar, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Gustavo Garcia, Chihuahua, MX;
Juan Munoz, CD Juarez, MX;
Edward T. Landry, Plymouth, MN (US);
Dominic J. Louwagie, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Marcelo Enrique Ruiz, CD Juarez, MX;
Ricardo Armendariz, Chi, MX;
Timothy G. Badar, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Gustavo Garcia, Chihuahua, MX;
Juan Munoz, CD Juarez, MX;
Edward T. Landry, Plymouth, MN (US);
Dominic J. Louwagie, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Marcelo Enrique Ruiz, CD Juarez, MX;
Ricardo Armendariz, Chi, MX;
ADC Telecommunications, Inc., Berwyn, PA (US);
Abstract
A telecommunications module includes a plurality of adapters mounted at a front face. The adapters are provided in groups of two and are stacked extending from the top to the bottom of the module. The front face of the module defines a center portion, a right portion, and a left portion. According to one embodiment, the right and the left portions are generally angled forwardly at an acute angle relative to a line that is perpendicular to the sides of the module as they extend from the center toward the right and left sides of the module. Each angled portion defines a slope as it extends from the center portion toward the right and left sides. The angled portions define a stepped configuration as they extend from the center toward the sides. Each step in the stepped configuration defines adapter receptacles that are also angled at an acute angle with respect to a line that generally defines the slope of the angle of the right and left angled portions. According to another aspect of the disclosure, the right and the left portions of the front face are generally angled rearwardly at an acute angle with respect to a line that is perpendicular to the sides of the module as they extend from the center toward the right and left sides. Stacked adapters mounted to the angled portions have longitudinal axes that are perpendicular to slopes defined by the angled portions.