Patent ID: 8851763

Claim:
An optical fiber adapter, comprising: a main body having an accommodation room defined by a first wall, a second wall, a third wall and a fourth wall, the first wall facing the third wall and connecting with the second and fourth walls, wherein the accommodation room has opposing first and second openings in an axial direction, a protrusion is formed on the third wall; an elastic shutter member comprising: a fixing portion positioned within the accommodation room and on the third wall; a shutter plate; a connecting portion connecting the fixing portion with the shutter plate; and an extending portion extending from the fixed portion; and a bent portion connecting with the extending portion, the bent portion being attached to the protrusion on the third wall, wherein the shutter plate extends from the connecting portion and into the accommodation room; and a pair of inner housings positioned within the accommodation room, each of the inner housings comprising: a flange having opposing front and back surfaces; and a hollow cylinder extending from the front surface of the flange, wherein the flanges of the two inner housings are attached to each other, and one of the flanges is positioned above the bent portion of the elastic shutter member.