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Guide pin insertion member for inserting guide pins into an optical fiber connector

US5611010A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 10, 1995
Grant dateMar 11, 1997
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Expiry dateAug 10, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/53222
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A pin insertion member for inserting guide pins into pin holes of an optical fiber connector includes a retaining portion for holding at least two guide pins such that one-end portions of the at least two guide pins project from the retaining portion. The retaining portion includes retaining holes for holding other-end portions of the at least two guide pins with a predetermined space therebetween in a widthwise direction, and the pin insertion member has a plurality of slits between the retaining holes and an outer surface of the retaining portion, whereby the at least two guide pins are adapted to be insertable at a stroke into corresponding pin holes of an optical fiber connector.

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