US 11,235,439 B2Granted

Tool for adjusting the alignment of a connector

AssigneeFca US LLC

InventorsBo Zhang, James A Robertson, Robert T Connolly, James N Settles

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Abstract

A tool for adjusting the alignment of a connector carried within slots in one or more components. The tool comprises a first member and a second member, wherein the first member and/or second member includes an alignment feature configured to react against reaction feature(s) of the one or more components to adjust the alignment of the connector within the slots. The first member includes a shaft and a tool head carried thereby. The tool head comprises a body configured to engage a first portion of the connector. The second member is configured to be coupled with the first member, and also includes a shaft and a tool head carried thereby. The tool head of the second member comprises a body configured to engage a second portion of the connector.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A tool for adjusting the alignment of a connector carried within a slot disposed in a component, the tool comprising:

a first member including an elongate shaft and a tool head carried by the shaft, wherein the tool head comprises a body configured to engage a first portion of the connector;
and
a second member configured to be coupled with the first member at a pivot joint and including an elongate shaft and a tool head carried by the shaft, wherein the tool head comprises a body configured to engage a second portion of the connector,
wherein the first member includes an alignment feature having an engagement surface configured to react against a reaction surface of the component having the slot to adjust the alignment of the connector within the slot, wherein the body of the tool head of the first member includes an aperture that has a central axis and is configured to receive the first portion of the connector, and the engagement surface is radially offset from the central axis such that rotation of the first member about the central axis changes the position of the aperture relative to the engagement surface to move the connector in the slot.

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A tool for adjusting the alignment of a connector carried within a one or more slots disposed in one or more components, the tool comprising:

a first member including:
an elongate shaft having a proximal end and a distal end;
a tool head carried by the shaft at the distal end thereof and comprising a body having an aperture with a central axis;
and
an alignment feature having a surface radially offset from the central axis, the surface configured to engage one or more reaction surfaces of the one or more components;
and
a second member configured to be coupled with the first member at a pivot joint and including:
an elongate shaft having a proximal end and a distal end;
a tool head carried by the shaft at the distal end thereof and comprising a body having an aperture with a central axis;
and
an alignment feature having a surface radially offset from the central axis, the surface configured to engage one or more reaction surfaces of the one or more components that are different from the one or more reaction surfaces that the alignment feature of the first member is configured to engage, wherein rotation of the tool about the central axis of the first member radially moves the aperture of the first member, and radially moves the aperture of the second member.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.