Integrated distribution enabling access apparatus

Abstract

Provided is an apparatus including: a housing having a splitter compartment; a multiple fiber adapter attached to an exterior of a front housing wall of said housing; a multiple fiber connector connected to said multiple fiber adapter and disposed in an interior of the front housing wall of said housing; an optical splitter in said splitter compartment of said housing; an input fiber optically connected to said optical splitter; and a plurality of output fibers optically connected to said optical splitter and said multiple fiber connector, wherein the housing includes a hinge plate corresponding to a bottom housing wall perpendicular to the front housing wall of said housing in a closed state and mounted on a hinge affixed to said housing at an intersection between the bottom housing wall and a rear housing wall opposite from the front housing wall.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An apparatus comprising:
 a housing comprising:
 a splitter compartment; and 
 a splicer compartment; 
   a separation plate provided between the splitter compartment and splicer compartment;   a multiple fiber adapter attached to an exterior of a front housing wall of said housing; and   a multiple fiber connector connected to said multiple fiber adapter and disposed in an interior of the front housing wall of said housing,   wherein the separation plate comprises a fiber pass through including a plurality of holes.   
     
     
         2 . The apparatus in  claim 1  further comprising:
 an optical splitter in said splitter compartment of said housing; 
 an optical splice chip holder in said splicer compartment; 
 an input fiber optically connected to said optical splitter; and 
 a plurality of output fibers optically connected to said optical splitter and said multiple fiber connector. 
 
     
     
         3 . The apparatus in  claim 2 , wherein the input fiber passes through between the splitter compartment and the splicer compartment through the fiber pass through. 
     
     
         4 . The apparatus in  claim 1 , wherein a longitudinal axis of said splitter that goes through an input end and an output end of said splitter and an axis that goes along a front wall of the apparatus form an angle of between 20 and 70 degrees. 
     
     
         5 . The apparatus in  claim 1 , further comprising:
 at least one additional multiple fiber adapter attached to said wall of said housing;   at least one additional multiple fiber connector connected to said at least one additional multiple fiber adapter;   at least one additional optical splitter in said splitter compartment of said housing;   at least one additional input fiber connected to said at least one additional optical splitter;   and a plurality of output fibers optically connected to said at least one additional optical splitter and said at least one additional multiple fiber connector.   
     
     
         6 . The apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the splitter compartment is disposed in a top portion of the housing and the splicer compartment is disposed in a bottom portion opposite of the top portion of the housing. 
     
     
         7 . An apparatus comprising:
 a housing comprising:
 a splitter compartment; and 
 a splicer compartment; 
   a separation plate provided between the splitter compartment and splicer compartment;   a multiple fiber adapter attached to an exterior of a front housing wall of said housing; and   a multiple fiber connector connected to said multiple fiber adapter and disposed in an interior of the front housing wall of said housing,   wherein the splitter compartment is disposed in a top portion of the housing and the splicer compartment is disposed in a bottom portion opposite of the top portion of the housing.   
     
     
         8 . The apparatus in  claim 7 , wherein the separation plate comprises a fiber pass through including a plurality of holes. 
     
     
         9 . The apparatus in  claim 7  further comprising:
 an optical splitter in said splitter compartment of said housing; 
 an optical splice chip holder in said splicer compartment; 
 an input fiber optically connected to said optical splitter; and 
 a plurality of output fibers optically connected to said optical splitter and said multiple fiber connector.