Patent ID: 9586280
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: B23K,G02B

Claim:
1. A method for manufacturing an optical module, comprising: a preparation process of preparing an optical fiber, a cladding of one end of the optical fiber is exposed; an arrangement process of arranging the optical fiber such that at least a leading end of a part on which the cladding is exposed is positioned in a box portion through a pipe portion in which one end of the pipe portion is connected to the box portion configured to accommodate an optical element and the pipe portion extends to an outside of the box portion; and a soldering process of soldering an inner wall of the pipe portion and the optical fiber by heating firstly at least a part of a wall region of the box portion interposed between a heat dissipation portion and the pipe portion and transferring heat from thus heated wall region to the pipe portion in a state in which a part of the box portion, in which the optical element is accommodated, is heat-dissipated.