Patent ID: 8628254

Claim:
An optical fiber adapter, comprising: a first housing, including: a flange having a front surface, a back surface opposing to the front surface and two openings extending through the flange from the front surface to the back surface, a first, second, third and fourth wall extending from the front surface, wherein the first wall faces the third wall and connects with the second and fourth walls, an accommodation room defined by the first, second, third and fourth walls, the accommodation room having an opening; and a hollow cylinder extending from the front surface of the flange and being positioned within the accommodation room; and an elastic shutter member, including: a horizontal portion positioned within the accommodation room and on the third wall; two vertical portions extending from two opposing sides of the horizontal portion, respectively and going through the openings on the flange, respectively; two hooks extending from the two vertical portions, respectively, wherein the hooks are configured to hook on to the flange; a shutter plate; and a connecting portion connecting the horizontal portion with the shutter plate; wherein the shutter plate extends from the connecting portion and into the accommodation room to arrive in front of an opening of the hollow cylinder.