Patent ID: 8376633

Claim:
An optical path changer component for changing optical paths of an optical fiber from a first direction to a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the optical path changer component comprising: a main body for being mounted on a circuit board, the main body having a coupling surface facing the circuit board; a hollow portion formed in the main body, the hollow portion having an insertion aperture in which a plurality of optical fibers is collectively inserted from a sideways direction, and an adhesive filling window opening on the coupling surface and communicating with a forward side of the insertion aperture; a curved wall face formed in the hollow portion, the curved wall face being curved from a forward portion of the insertion aperture toward a photoelectric device on the circuit board disposed at a side of the adhesive filling window so as to reach an edge of the adhesive filling window, the adhesive filling window being dimensioned so as to allow an overall view of the curved wall face; a plurality of guiding slots extending along the wall face toward the photoelectric device formed according to the optical fibers from the forward portion of the insertion aperture to the end edge of the adhesive filling window; the optical fibers respectively housed in the corresponding guiding slots and made curved along the guiding slots so as to be opposed to the photoelectric device at the end edge of the adhesive filling window; and an adhesive filled through the adhesive filling window in the hollow portion to fix the plurality of the optical fibers disposed from the insertion aperture to the end edge of the adhesive filling window with the main body.