Wrap plug attenuation adjustment tool

US11431380B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• John S. Werner · Fishkill, US
• Faezeh Gholami · Guttenberg, US
• Noah Singer · White Plains, US
• John G. Torok · Poughkeepsie, US
• Philip A. Sciuto · Blooming Grove, US
• Arkadiy O. Tsfasman · Wappingers Falls, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 14, 2020
• Grant date: Aug 30, 2022
• Expiry date: Apr 29, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B2006/12119
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An apparatus for an attenuation adjustment tool, the attenuation adjustment tool includes a body with an adjustment arm positioned at a first side of the body, where an actuator is configured to extend and retract the adjustment arm. The attenuation adjustment tool further includes an input port and an output port positioned at the first side of the body, wherein an input prong and an output prong of a wrap plug are each respectively insertable into the input port and the output port. The attenuation adjustment tool further includes the adjustment arm configurable to engage with a mechanism on the wrap plug, wherein the mechanism is configurable to alter a shape of a signal cable in the wrap plug.