Patent ID: RE44664

Claim:
A multi-optical fiber connector module comprising: a connector module housing having one or more locking mechanisms configured to interlock with one or more locking mechanisms of a transceiver module housing to place the connector module in locking engagement with a transceiver module; and an optics system having one or more optical components configured to receive a plurality of light beams from a transceiver module when the connector module is in locking engagement with a transceiver module, each of the received light beams being at least substantially collimated, said one or more optical components focusing each of the substantially collimated light beams onto a respective end face of a respective end of one of a plurality of transmit optical fibers, wherein the respective ends of the transmit optical fibers are cleaved and the respective end faces are left in as-cleaved conditions such that each respective end face has a roughness and angle relative to a longitudinal axes of the respective transmit optical fiber that occurs when the respective ends are cleaved, and wherein the ends of the transmit optical fibers are secured to the optics system of the connector module; and an epoxy material covering the end faces, the epoxy material having a refractive index that at least substantially matches a refractive index of the transmit optical fibers.