FIBER OPTIC PANELS CONFIGURED TO RETAIN FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS IN A DEPTH SPACE OF A CHASSIS

摘要

Embodiments disclosed in the detailed description include fiber optic panels (10) and related apparatuses configured to retain fiber optic components (14) for establishing fiber optic connections. The fiber optic panels are configured such that the fiber optic components and any fiber optic connections made to the fiber optic components can be retained along a depth axis (D) in a depth space of a chassis (12) when the fiber optic panel is inserted into the chassis. The longitudinal axes of the fiber optic components are not parallel to the depth axis of the chassis. In this manner, the area of the depth space of the chassis is utilized to retain fiber optic components so that a greater density of fiber optic components can be supported by fiber optic panels for a given length of the chassis. The fiber optic panel may be any type of fiber optic patch panel or fiber optic module.