Patent ID: 7168860

Claim:
An assembly for an optical home network comprising: a passive socket having a connection hole with a pair of opposite sides, the socket including input and output optical fibers that are for transmitting optical signals and that are installed at corresponding positions of said sides; and a plug that is inserted into the socket in a state of insertion in which the plug is disposed within the connection hole of the socket so as to be connected to the socket and that is removed from the socket in a state of non-insertion, the plug being connected to a device and including input and output optical transmission lines that are respectively connected to the input and output optical fibers when the plug is in the state of insertion, wherein the assembly is configured to transmit the optical signals from one optical fiber to another optical fiber of the socket when the plug is in said state of non-insertion, and to transmit the optical signals to the optical transmission lines of the plug when the plug is in said state of insertion.