Fiberqa, LLC

Tritex Corporation

Michael Bogue

Robert N Brucato

Douglas H Wilson

A cleaning module adapted to clean a socket style ferrule or a pin style ferrule of a connector includes a tip assembly extending from a housing comprising a tip adapted to receive a cleaning media. A retractable alignment sleeve sized to surround the pin style ferrule has a larger outer diameter than an inner diameter of a socket opening and moves along the tip assembly when the first end presses against a surface of the connector. A sleeve spring engages with a portion of the tip assembly and a first end of the retractable alignment sleeve. The tip assembly includes a block movably secured within a portion of the housing. A main spring may be engaged with the housing and engaged with an end portion of the block, wherein the sleeve spring has both a spring constant and total compressive force that are lower than that of the main spring.

Integrated pin and socket fiber optic cleaner tip

A cleaning module adapted to clean a socket or a pin of a ferrule includes a tip assembly comprising a tip, the tip adapted to receive a cleaning media, a retractable alignment sleeve spring-mounted on a retractable alignment sleeve spring, wherein the sleeve retracts when a flange of an opening of the tip assembly presses against a surface of the ferrule, and wherein the retractable alignment sleeve is sized to surround the pin, and a main spring that extends the tip assembly, wherein the retractable alignment sleeve spring has both a spring constant and total compressive force that are lower than that of the main spring.

In a preferred embodiment, an apparatus, including: a first nut half () and a second nut half () each having internal threads () complementary with threads on a screw inserted therein; the first nut half () and the second nut half () having first and second tapers (), respectively, defined therearound in adjacent surfaces thereof on proximal portions of the first nut half () and the second nut half (); an annular retaining ring () having complementary third () and fourth () tapers defined therearound, with the first taper () engaging the third taper () and the second taper () engaging the fourth taper (); and biasing apparatus () forcing the annular retaining ring () inwardly, thus eliminating backlash.

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Amston, CT, United States of America

Michael Bogue