Patent ID: 9151906
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A ferrule fixing member for fixing a ferrule to hold an optical fiber to a holding member with a holding hole into which the ferrule is inserted, comprising: a first plate part and a second plate part configured to face each other while sandwiching a resilient member arranged on an outer periphery of the ferrule in a radial direction thereof; a pressing part configured to press the resilient member such that the ferrule is pressed against a bottom side of the holding hole by a resilient force of the resilient member; a locked part configured to be engaged with a locking part formed in the holding member; and an extending part configured to extend from the second plate part to the locked part, wherein the locking of the locked part and the locking part is released by moving the first plate part and the second plate part close to each other wherein the pressing part comprises an insertion hole into which the ferrule is inserted, and wherein the pressing part is formed so as to connect both end parts of the first plate part and the second plate part, the both end parts being opposite to the holding hole in a longitudinal direction of the ferrule.