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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Ryan N. Elsasser, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Mateusz P. Koziol, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Charles E. Mellinger, Ridgefield, CT (US);
Annam K. Nguyen, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Enrico A. Romano, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Paul Samaniego, Port Ewen, NY (US);
Robert Weiss, LaGrangeville, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A quick-connect coupling tool includes a first member and a second member. The second member is slidably affixed to the first member. The quick-connect coupling tool further includes a first pair of prongs and a second pair of prongs, the first pair of prongs is affixed to the first member, oriented in a first direction, and orthogonal to the first member. The second pair of prongs is affixed to the first member, oriented in the first direction, and orthogonal to the second member. The quick-connect coupling tool includes a first urging means for urging the first pair of prongs and the second pair of prongs apart and a second urging means for urging the first pair of prongs and the second pair of prongs together. The first urging means and the second urging means are affixed to the first member and the second member.