Patent ID: 8821036

Claim:
An optical module comprising: a first optical adapter and a second optical adapter; a first optical connector mating with the first optical adapter; a second optical connector mating with the second optical adapter; and a plurality of optical fibers that connect the first optical connector and the second optical connector, wherein the first optical connector has a plurality of first fiber holes into which one end of the optical fibers are inserted, the second optical connector has a plurality of second fiber holes into which the other end of the optical fibers are inserted, the plurality of first fiber holes is arranged in at least a plurality of rows, the plurality of second fiber holes is arranged in a plurality of rows and tiers, and has an arrangement identical to or an arrangement different from that of the plurality of first fiber holes, and, a pair of optical fibers connects a pair of first fiber holes adjacent to each other in a row with a pair of second fiber holes of a same row positioned in vertically symmetrical tiers.