Patent ID: 6910808

Claim:
An optical connector ferrule for supporting an optical fiber tape conductor having an end of which a coating is peeled off to expose optical fibers, comprising: a plurality of fiber inserting holes which are arranged at a plurality of steps and into which said optical fibers are inserted; a guide portion for guiding insertion of optical fibers, formed so as to have an end communicating with a fiber inserting end of each of said fiber inserting holes, said guide portion extending along an axial direction of said fiber inserting holes; and a contact portion formed to be a predetermined distance spaced from an opening end opposed to the fiber inserting end of each of said fiber inserting holes along the axial direction of said fiber inserting holes, said contact portion being brought in contact with an exposed fiber side end of a tape member of said optical fiber tape conductor when each of said optical fibers of said optical fiber tape conductor is inserted into each of said fiber inserting holes.