A clamp to be surface mounted on a printed circuit board with a clamp
groove into which an optical fiber is inserted. A flexible synthetic
resin member is deformed by applying a pressing force so as to narrow the
width of the clamp groove. The deformation causes an opening of the clamp
to be closed, and opposing shape preservation members with the clamp
groove located therebetween to be deformed so as to shorten the distance
between top ends of the shape preservation members. A metal plate member
with no spring properties remains deformed even after the pressing force
is released, and the flexible synthetic resin member also remains
deformed. An optical fiber pinched by inner wall surfaces of the clamp
groove is unlikely to be displaced either in an axial direction or in a
radial direction.