Patent ID: 7050678

Claim:
An optical module comprising: optical fibers having protruding portions and tips; an optical connector section, for connecting to an outside optical connector, said optical connector section having inserted there into and securing said optical fibers; a light-emitting element having a light-emitting face; a light-receiving element having a light-receiving face; at least two mounts on which are mounted said light-emitting element and said light-receiving element, respectively; and a package comprising a plurality of positioning structures each comprising walls, wherein at least one of the positioning structures is an integral part of the package; wherein said package accommodates said mounts and fixes said optical connector section, wherein said at least two mounts are separately formed from said package, wherein said optical fibers protrude to the inside of said package, wherein said walls of said positioning structure directly contact side faces of said mounts, wherein each of said tips of said optical fibers being arranged so as to oppose one of said light-emitting face of said optical elements and a light-receiving face of said optical elements, wherein said positioning structure positions said mounts at predetermined positions so that said light-emitting face or said light-receiving face opposes at least one of said tips of said optical fibers, and wherein the positions of said at least two mounts differ in the longitudinal direction of said optical fibers.