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US 10,199,792 B2Granted
RJ-45 extraction tool
AssigneeDISH Technologies L.L.C.
InventorsJason B. Mitchell, Martin S. Foegelle
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Abstract
An RJ-45 insertion and extraction tool is disclosed that allows a user to plug and unplug an RJ-45 connector from an RJ-45 socket in a quick and easy way that does not disturb other cables plugged into adjacent sockets.
Claims6
A method of extracting an RJ-45 plug from a socket, comprising:
- placing a portable rectangular housing having an open distal end over an RJ-45 connector, the portable rectangular housing further including:
- a top surface that is adjacent to the open distal end of the housing, a tine from a middle third of the open distal end of the top surface, the tine bent upward and away from a center of the housing to allow an RJ-45 connector tab to be depressed when the RJ-45 connector is placed into the open distal end of the housing, and a channel cut into a surface adjacent to the open distal end of the housing and other than the top surface;
- sliding the housing over the RJ-45 connector;
- releasing the RJ-45 connector from the socket by continuing to slide the housing until the tine depresses an RJ-45 connector tab unlocking the RJ-45 connector from the socket;
- and
- removing the RJ-45 connector and the rectangular housing around the RJ-45 connector from the socket.
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