US Conec Limited

Kolton Baer

Jillcha Fekadu Wakjira

Darrell Randolph Childers

Mitchell Cloud

Jason Higley

Shubhrangshu Sengupta

Shelly Ann Buchter

A fiber handling tool has a cover to engage optical fibers placed in the fiber handling tool. There may be more than one cover and the covers have at least two elastic elements. There are at least two elastic elements that cooperate to hold the optical fibers and/or cable in place and another elastic element may be used with a door lock that is rotatably attached to the cover. There are also structures for managing the routing of the optical fibers within the tool.

Fiber handling tool with spring loaded doors

A tool is used for inserting and removing an MT-type fiber optic ferrule from an adapter. The tool includes a handle having one or both of an insertion portion and a removal portion. An insertion head is movably coupled to the insertion portion of the handle. A removal head is movably coupled to the removal portion of the handle. The handle has opposing ends for the insertion portion and the removal portion. The handle may have other configurations. A sliding lock may be used to lock the rotatable insertion portion and rotatable removal portion in a fixed position relative to the handle.

Combination tool for fiber optic ferrule insertion and removal

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Hickory, NC, United States of America

Kolton Baer