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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
May. 08, 2014
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A lens component of the present invention has an identification mark that can be formed without impairing the lens surface profile. The lens component includes: at least one set of lenses including, an element-side lens provided facing to a light emitting and receiving element; and a fiber-side lens provided facing to a transmitting and receiving optical fiber; an element-side lens forming surface formed on the element-side lens; and an identification mark provided on the element-side lens forming surface. The element-side lens and the identification mark are separated from each other by a distance that is at least the radius of the element-side lens.