Patent ID: 7712972

Claim:
An optical module, comprising an optical receptacle including a first ferrule through which a first optical fiber passes and a solid sleeve having a cavity hole, the first ferrule being inserted from a first end of the solid sleeve and fixed in the cavity hole; a terminal member including a second ferrule through which a second optical fiber passes, an elastic body connected to the second ferrule, and a plug housing, the second ferrule being movable in the plug housing; wherein, when the optical receptacle is connected to the terminal member, the second ferrule is inserted in the solid sleeve from a second end of the solid sleeve and contacts the first ferrule with a postural maintenance force by the elastic body, and the first optical fiber and the second optical fiber are optically connected, a distance between the second end of the solid sleeve and the first ferrule is long enough that the second ferrule does not collide with the first ferrule when the second ferrule is released from a caught state at the second end of the solid sleeve and the elastic body pushes the second ferrule through the solid sleeve to the position of maximum extension stroke thereof.