Fanout optical assembly

An apparatus for connecting optical fibers, comprising:

• a first housing, comprising:
• a first receptacle portion configured to receive and fixate a first optical fiber bundle to be connected to a first optical module on the outside, and
• a first lens member configured to change a shape or a direction of an optical signal received from the first optical module and thereby transmit a changed optical signal to a first entity on the outside or to change a shape or a direction of an optical signal received from the first entity and thereby transmit a changed optical signal to the first optical module;
• and
• a second housing, comprising:
• a second receptacle portion configured to receive and fixate a second optical fiber bundle to be connected to a second optical module on the outside, and
• a second lens member configured to change a shape or a direction of an optical signal received from the second optical module and thereby transmit a changed optical signal to a second entity on the outside or to change a shape or a direction of an optical signal received from the second entity and thereby transmit a changed optical signal to the second optical module,
• wherein the first housing comprises an accommodation portion configured to allow the second housing to be seated,
• the first housing of which cross section formed by a plane containing two vectors is ‘L’ shaped, wherein the two vectors include one formed in a direction in which the second housing is seated and the other one formed in a direction in which the first optical fiber bundle is received in the first housing, and
• the first housing further includes at least one or more engagement holes at parts of the accommodation portion of the first housing, and the second housing further includes at least one or more engagement portions at positions corresponding to the engagement holes to allow the engagement holes to be coupled with the engagement portions when the second housing is seated on the first housing.