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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2008
Filed:
May. 14, 2007
Takashi Shigenaga, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuki Suematsu, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Matsuura, Tokyo, JP;
Renichi Yuguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Shigematsu, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Shigenaga, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuki Suematsu, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Matsuura, Tokyo, JP;
Renichi Yuguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Shigematsu, Tokyo, JP;
The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An optical module including first and second lens housings that individually receive first and second lenses; first and second optical fiber housings that individually receive end portions of optical fibers; first and second guide pins for positioning the first and second lens housings and the first and second optical fiber housings, with the first and second lens housings abutted against each other at their inner end faces and disposed between the first and second optical fiber units so as to be abutted thereto; two first positioning members provided between the first optical fiber housing and the first lens and between the second optical fiber housing and the second lens, respectively; and a second positioning member disposed between the first and second lenses.