Patent ID: 8556524

Claim:
An optical communication module, comprising: a photoelectric conversion element package to which a photoelectric conversion element of either one of a light emitting element and a light receiving element is fitted so as to face one side of a resin housing; and an optical fiber coupler mounted on the one side of the resin housing so as to be coupled with an optical fiber, wherein in the optical fiber coupler, a lens is housed in a light transmission hole formed in a resin lens-holding frame mounted on the one side of the resin housing via a metal lens-holding plate, so that the lens is aligned with an optical axis of the photoelectric conversion element, wherein the metal lens-holding plate comprises an outer frame having a fitting hole formed therein, to which a guide pin of a mold is fitted; a lens holding section that holds the lens; and a plurality of stays for connecting the outer frame and the lens holding section with each other; and wherein at least the outer frame is detached after the lens held on the metal lens-holding plate is housed in the resin lens-holding frame.