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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2008
Yu LU, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Mark D. Narum, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Paul Suek, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Scott Carlson, Bloomington, MN (US);
Bernard Dietzler, Bloomington, MN (US);
Erik Gronvall, Bloomington, MN (US);
Yu Lu, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Mark D. Narum, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Paul Suek, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Scott Carlson, Bloomington, MN (US);
Bernard Dietzler, Bloomington, MN (US);
Erik Gronvall, Bloomington, MN (US);
ADC Telecommunications, Inc., Eden Praire, MN (US);
Abstract
A tool and method for accurately and efficiently cutting through a jacket of a fiber optic cable at a break-out location. The tool securely holds the fiber optic cable and accurately controls the depth and length of cut(s). In addition, the tool accurately positions the cut(s) both in relation to the fiber optic cable and in relation to other cuts.