Triaxial connector release tool
OwnerRichard Salbachinventor
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Abstract
A triaxial connector release tool comprising an outer housing and an inner appliance. The shape and size of appliance is adapted to fit concentrically within the housing of the tool. The appliance is pivotally mounted to the housing of the tool about a tab. In use, the tool is placed over the female and male triaxial connectors whereby a first end of the housing rests against an annular shoulder of a connector to provide resistance when the tool is in use. A user grasps the tool about the housing and exerts an inward squeezing force so that a pair of flanges of the appliance depress the protrusions of the locking mechanism of the male connector until they are disengaged from the apertures of the female connector and allowing the male connector to easily slide back out of the female connector.
Claims20
A triaxial cable connector release tool, comprising:
- an outer housing having an arcuate housing top portion with a pair of opposing housing sidewalls extending from the periphery of the housing top portion;
- an inner appliance pivotally mounted to the outer housing and having an arcuate appliance top portion with a first appliance sidewall and a second appliance sidewall extending from the periphery of the appliance top portion wherein the size and shape of the appliance is adapted to fit concentrically within the housing;
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- a first flange depending from the first appliance sidewall and a matching second flange depending from the second appliance sidewall wherein the first flange and second flange are adapted to depress protrusions on a locking mechanism of a male triaxial connector secured within a female triaxial connector.
A triaxial cable connector release tool, comprising:
- an outer housing having an arcuate housing top portion with a pair of opposing housing sidewalls extending from the periphery of the housing top portion;
- wherein the housing further comprising a first slot disposed proximate a first end of the housing top portion;
- an inner appliance pivotally mounted to the outer housing and having an arcuate appliance top portion with a first appliance sidewall and a second appliance sidewall extending from the periphery of the appliance top portion;
- wherein the appliance further comprising a tab extending from a first end of the appliance top portion and disposed to pass through the first slot of the housing wherein the appliance is pivotally mounted to the housing about the tab of the appliance;
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- a first flange depending from the first appliance sidewall and a matching second flange depending from the second appliance sidewall wherein the first flange and second flange are adapted to depress protrusions on a locking mechanism of a male triaxial connector secured within a female triaxial connector;
- wherein a first end of the housing is adapted to rest against an annular shoulder of either a male triaxial connector or a female triaxial connector so that resistance is provided when the tool is in use and substantially aligns the first flange and second flange with the protrusions of the locking mechanism.
A triaxial cable connector release tool, comprising:
- an outer housing having a housing top portion with a pair of opposing housing sidewalls extending from the periphery of the housing top portion and adapted to slidingly engage over a triaxial connector;
- an inner appliance attached to the outer housing and having an appliance top portion with a first appliance sidewall and a second appliance sidewall extending from the periphery of the appliance top portion;
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- a pair of flanges depending from the inner appliance adapted to engage protrusions on a locking mechanism of a electrical connector secured within a female electrical connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.