Flexible ribbon fiber separation tool

US11460636B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Prysmian S.p.A. · IT

Inventors

• Clint Nicholaus Anderson · Lexington, US
• Ehsan Fallahmohammadi · Milano, IT

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 5, 2020
• Grant date: Oct 4, 2022
• Expiry date: Jun 16, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B6/245
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A fiber separation tool is provided. The fiber separation tool includes a fin configured to maintain the fiber separation tool in a parallel orientation with respect to a plurality of fibers, a hook tip at a first end of the fin, wherein the hook tip is configured to separate the plurality of fibers, a blade disposed in the fin above the hook tip, wherein a portion of a cutting edge of the blade protrudes from a blade opening in the fin, and wherein the blade is configured to slice through a bonding material connecting the plurality of fibers, a lip at each side of the blade opening, wherein the lip is configured to prevent individual fibers of the plurality of fibers from contacting the blade, and a pivot point configured to guide the fiber separation tool between the individual fibers.