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US 12,724,213 B2Granted
Optical module
AssigneeSumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
InventorsMunetaka Kurokawa, Hiroshi Hara, Masato Furukawa
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Abstract
An optical module according to one embodiment includes a package having an opening surrounded by side walls, and a lid mounted on the package to seal the opening. The lid has a plate-like shape and includes a welded portion fixed by welding to an upper surface of the side wall of the package having the opening formed thereon, an easily deformable portion formed at a position separated from the welded portion and deformed along with the welding, and a central portion having a flat shape.
Claims10
An optical module comprising:
- a package having an opening surrounded by side walls;
- and
- a lid mounted on the package to seal the opening,
- wherein the lid has a plate-like shape and includes a welded portion fixed by welding to an upper surface of the side wall of the package having the opening formed thereon, an easily deformable portion formed at a position separated from the welded portion and deformed along with the welding, and a central portion having a flat shape, wherein the lid has a rectangular shape having a pair of short sides and a pair of long sides as edge sides, and
- wherein a distance from the short side to the easily deformable portion in a longitudinal direction of the lid is longer than a distance from the long side to the easily deformable portion in a transverse direction of the lid.
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An optical module comprising:
- a package having an opening surrounded by side walls;
- and
- a lid mounted on the package to seal the opening,
- wherein the lid has a plate-like shape and includes a welded portion fixed by welding to an upper surface of the side wall of the package having the opening formed thereon, an easily deformable portion formed at a position separated from the welded portion and deformed along with the welding, and a central portion having a flat shape,
- wherein the lid has an edge side,
- wherein the package has a cavity located below the lid, and
- wherein a distance from the edge side to the easily deformable portion of the lid in a portion facing the cavity is longer than a distance from the edge side of the lid in a portion not facing the cavity to the easily deformable portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.