Patent ID: 7403716

Claim:
An optical module, comprising: a main housing having a first attachment section that can affix an optical fiber, a second attachment section located in opposition to said first attachment section, and a third attachment section provided at a first angle to a straight line which connects said first and second attachment sections; a filter support member supported by said first attachment section; a light-emitting component supported by said second attachment section; a light-receiving component supported by said third attachment section; and a first optical filter supported by said filter support member, said filter support member having a first surface which has a second angle different from said first angle to said straight line, said first optical filter being mounted on said first surface of said filter support member, wherein the filter support member optically isolates the light-receiving component from the main housing and has a hollow portion that surrounds a ferrule that is separate from the filter support member, a slider, or the optical fiber surrounded by an optical fiber cover, and wherein said ferrule includes another optical fiber, said filter support member has a cylindrical portion into which said optical fiber surrounded by an optical fiber cover and said ferrule are inserted and first and second projecting portions both having said first surface for mounting a first side of the first optical filter thereon.