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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2009
Paul M. Mulligan, Yorkville, IL (US);
Carl Lindenmeyer, Bristol, IL (US);
Stephen Migo, Woodridge, IL (US);
Thomas R. Marrapode, Naperville, IL (US);
Paul M. Mulligan, Yorkville, IL (US);
Carl Lindenmeyer, Bristol, IL (US);
Stephen Migo, Woodridge, IL (US);
Thomas R. Marrapode, Naperville, IL (US);
Molex Incorporated, Lisle, IL (US);
Abstract
A tool for cleaving a plastic optical fiber has a body with a cleaving aperture at the insertion face of the body and through which the termination end section of the plastic optical fiber is inserted and in which an operative section is positioned upon inserting the plastic optical fiber into the tool. A cutting blade has a cutting edge and is moveable along a cutting path between a first operative position at which the cutting edge is spaced from the cleaving axis and a second operative position at which the cutting edge intersects the cleaving axis to cleave the plastic optical fiber to create an optical finish on an end surface of the operative section of the plastic optical fiber. A clearance region is located at the termination face of the body and generally aligned with the cleaving aperture and in which the termination end section may deflect upon engagement of the cutting blade with the plastic optical fiber.