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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2011
Masakazu Shigehara, Yokohama, JP;
Masakazu Shigehara, Yokohama, JP;
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides an optical module and an optical system that can form a two-way optical transmitting and receiving line with the same optical wiring configuration without using any special parts. The optical module includes a plurality of single-fiber optical adapters, a multi-fiber optical adapter, a plurality of single-fiber optical connectors mating with the respective single-fiber optical adapters, a multi-fiber optical connector mating with the multi-fiber optical adapter, and a plurality of optical fibers connecting the respective single-fiber optical connectors and the multi-fiber optical connector. Wiring of the optical fibers is configured to connect two single-fiber optical connectors inserted into adjacent single-fiber optical adapters and fiber holes in the upper tier and the lower tier in the same row of the multi-fiber optical connector.