Patent ID: 6549693
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
An optical component package comprising:a housing having a first side and a second side, the housing including a bottom plate, having a top surface with symmetrically positioned islands located on the top surface, the islands having rounded corners and a top plate, having a bottom surface that faces the top surface of the bottom plate, the top plate having symmetrically positioned islands located on the bottom surface, the islands having rounded corners; and means for bending optical fibers in the housing so that the fibers exit the housing from the first and second sides, the means for bending comprising a left and a right side piece, each side piece having rounded cutouts that are complimentary to the rounded corners of the islands wherein the left and right side pieces fit in a left and right cavity, respectively, formed when the top plate is disposed on the bottom plate, wherein the rounded cutouts of the left and right side pieces mate with the rounded corners of the islands to form a channel there between.