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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2003
Long Huu Dang, San Jose, CA (US);
Nguyen Tu Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);
Saeed Seyed, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Long Huu Dang, San Jose, CA (US);
Nguyen Tu Nguyen, San Jose, CA (US);
Saeed Seyed, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A tool device for selectively extracting, installing, and removing a plurality of optical connectors is disclosed. The tool device has a prying end coupled to a grasping end. The prying and the grasping end are intercoupled by a pair of arms, which is disposed to transmit a grasping force to the grasping end. With respect to the various types of optical connectors and their receptacles that it can be used to extract, install, or remove, the tool device is versatile. The tool can be used on optical connectors of types including 'MTP', 'MPO', ‘MT-RJ’, ‘MU’, ‘LC’, ‘SC’, and on SFP optical connector receptacles.