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US 2016/0036190 A1Published application
Rj-45 insertion and extraction tool
AssigneeEchoStar 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.
Claims16
An apparatus comprising:
- a handle;
- a housing connected to the handle, the housing having a rectangular shape with a distal end of the housing open, the distal end having internal dimensions similar to external dimensions of an RJ-45 connector to allow the connector to be inserted into the distal end of the housing, the housing further including:
- a top surface that is adjacent to the distal end of the housing;
- a tine from a middle third of a 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 inserted into the distal end of the housing;
- and
- a channel cut into a surface adjacent to the distal end of the housing and other than the top surface, the channel starting at the distal end of the housing and allowing an Ethernet cable attached to the RJ-45 connector to be positioned inside the housing when the RJ-45 connector is inserted into the distal end of the housing.
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A method of extracting an RJ-45 plug from a socket, comprising:
- placing a portable rectangular housing having an open end over an RJ-45 connector, the portable rectangular housing further including a tine adjacent to the open end of the housing;
- 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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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.