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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2019
Applicant:
Commscope Technologies Llc, Hickory, NC (US);
Inventors:
Patrick Jacques Ann Diepstraten, Heusden-Zolder, BE;
Jozef Christiaan Mathieu Versleegers, Bree, BE;
Antonius Bernardus Gerardus Bolhaar, Ophemert, NL;
Christiaan Radelet, Aarschot, BE;
Assignee:
CommScope Technologies LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 11/00 (2006.01); G01M 11/08 (2006.01); G02B 6/38 (2006.01); G01N 21/952 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 11/31 (2013.01); G01M 11/088 (2013.01); G01N 21/952 (2013.01); G02B 6/385 (2013.01); G02B 6/3866 (2013.01);
Abstract
An inspection tool for allowing visual inspection of an end face of a fiber optic ferrule. The inspection tool includes a passage for allowing a camera to view the end face. The inspection tool also includes light directing structure for first directing ferrule illumination light axially along the inspection tool, and then reflecting the axial light across the end face of the fiber optic ferrule.