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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2015
The United States of America As Represented BY the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Scott L. Small, Newberry, IN (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
An illustrative cable connector hand tool and associated methods are provided that include hand tool members having a side opening that allow cable connection sections to pass into a center aperture of the tool members. In one example, the hand tool members are formed with a recessed portion that receives an end of one of a pair of cable connectors such that mating edges of the cable connectors used to couple the cable connection sections are visible when the cable connectors are in a coupled configuration abutting each other. An exemplary recessed portion formed with a number of keyway indentions or recesses spaced apart in the center aperture that are operable to engage keys, protrusions, or lugs on an outer wall of the cable connectors.