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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2011
Shelly Ann Buchter, East Berlin, PA (US);
Sean Patrick Kelly, York, PA (US);
Douglas Allen Kirsch, Shiremanstown, PA (US);
David Donald Erdman, Hummelstown, PA (US);
David William Cormany, Dauphin, PA (US);
Terry Patrick Bowen, Dillsburg, PA (US);
Craig Bryan Kegerise, Middletown, PA (US);
Shelly Ann Buchter, East Berlin, PA (US);
Sean Patrick Kelly, York, PA (US);
Douglas Allen Kirsch, Shiremanstown, PA (US);
David Donald Erdman, Hummelstown, PA (US);
David William Cormany, Dauphin, PA (US);
Terry Patrick Bowen, Dillsburg, PA (US);
Craig Bryan Kegerise, Middletown, PA (US);
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Abstract
A method of terminating a fiber in a connector using a device comprising: (a) positioning a stripped fiber on the device such that the bare fiber portion extends into a first fiber channel of a cleaver; (b) securing the fiber to a fiber retainer slidably attached to the substrate to move along an x axis at a first position; (c) cleaving the bare fiber portion to form a cleaved end; (d) sliding the fiber retainer away from the cleaver along the x axis; (e) causing to be presented a second fiber channel of a connector held in a connector retainer along the x axis; (f) sliding the fiber retainer to the first position along the x axis, thereby causing the cleaved end to extend into the second fiber channel; and (g) actuating the connector while the fiber retainer is at the first position.