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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2013
Adc Telecommunications, Inc., Berwyn, PA (US);
Thomas Marcouiller, Shakopee, MN (US);
Mandy Lea Trnka, Lonsdale, MN (US);
Oscar Fernando Bran de León, Belle Plaine, MN (US);
ADC Telecommunications, Inc., Berwyn, PA (US);
Abstract
A tool is disclosed. The tool is for inserting a ferrule alignment sleeve within a sleeve mount of a fiber optic adapter, wherein the sleeve mount defines an axial bore and radially inwardly extending fingers for retaining the ferrule alignment sleeve therewithin. The tool includes a handle and a pin extending from the handle, the pin configured to slidably receive the ferrule alignment sleeve, the pin defining longitudinal keys for mating with gaps defined between the radially inwardly extending fingers of the sleeve mount, wherein the tool can be used as a ferrule alignment sleeve insertion tool if the pin is inserted into the axial bore in a first orientation and is configured to be used as a ferrule alignment sleeve removal tool if the pin is inserted into the axial bore in a second orientation from an opposite end of the axial bore.