Patent ID: 8905649

Claim:
An optical fiber terminal fixing member configured to be inserted into an optical connector to fix two optical fiber terminals to a housing, the optical connector comprising: the two optical fiber terminals attached to each end of two optical fiber cables; and the housing that holds the two optical fiber terminals, each of the two optical fiber cables comprising: an optical fiber; a tensile member disposed along a longitudinal direction of the optical fiber; and a coating portion that covers the optical fiber and the tensile member, the optical fiber terminal fixing member comprising: a main body; two fitting portions formed so as to project from both ends in a width direction of the main body and configured to fit respectively into two grooves provided on two outer circumferences of the two optical fiber terminals; and a fixing structure formed so as to project from a substantially middle in the width direction of the main body and configured to pass between the two optical fiber terminals to fix the optical fiber terminal fixing member to the housing, the fixing structure including a latching pawl provided at a front end of the fixing structure and being configured to engage the optical fiber terminal fixing member with the housing.