IP Library Granted Patent US 10,739,531
Granted Patent B2
US 10,739,531 · App. 15/753,158 · Granted Aug 11, 2020

Connector cleaning tool

Inventors: Mitsuyoshi Takanashi (Shizuoka, JP); Nobuhiro Hashimoto (Tokyo, JP); Yoshihiro Goto (Shizuoka, JP); Masayoshi Suzuki (Shizuoka, JP); Makoto Goto (Shizuoka, JP)
Assignee: TOMOEGAWA CO., LTD.
G02B6/3866B08B1/00B08B1/001G02B6/36B08B2240/02
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Patent No.
US 10,739,531
App. No.
15/753,158
Granted
Aug 11, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a connector cleaning tool capable of precisely removing dust even on an end surface of a connector having irregularities. The connector cleaning tool includes a buffer body, and an adhesive body arranged with the buffer body, in which in a case where the connector cleaning tool is pressed toward a connection end surface of a connector on which a guide pin is protrudingly provided, the guide pin is inserted into the buffer body via the adhesive body.

Claims (24)

1. A connector cleaning tool comprising:

a buffer body; and

an adhesive body arranged with the buffer body;

a holder having a first holder opening, a second holder opening apart from the first holder opening, and a locking part, the buffer body being fitted into the first holder opening; and

a movable body being configured to push out the buffer body from the holder,

wherein when the connector cleaning tool is pressed toward a connection end surface of a connector on which a guide pin is protrudingly provided, the connector cleaning tool is configured to allow the guide pin to be inserted into the buffer body via the adhesive body, and

wherein when the movable body moves to the second holder opening, the movable body is locked to the locking part.

2. The connector cleaning tool according to claim 1 , wherein the connector further comprises a housing having an opening,

wherein the housing is configured to house the connection end surface, and

wherein the connector cleaning tool is configured to be inserted from the opening so as to allow the buffer body and the adhesive body to move toward the connection end surface.

3. The connector cleaning tool according to claim 1 , wherein the connection end surface is an end surface for connecting an optical fiber.

4. The connector cleaning tool according to claim 1 , wherein the holder detachably holds the buffer body and the adhesive body.

5. The connector cleaning tool according to claim 1 , wherein the holder integrally holds the buffer body and the adhesive body.

6. The connector cleaning tool according to claim 2 , further comprising a latch member,

wherein the latch member can be latched on the housing, and

wherein the latch member holds a state in which the adhesive body is in contact with the connection end surface when the latch member is latched on the housing.

7. The connector cleaning tool according to claim 1 , wherein the buffer body has a Shore A hardness of 10 to 80.

8. The connector cleaning tool according to claim 2 , wherein the connection end surface is an end surface for connecting an optical fiber.

9. The connector cleaning tool according to claim 2 , further comprising a holding member configured to detachably hold the buffer body and the adhesive body.

10. The connector cleaning tool according to claim 3 , further comprising a holding member configured to detachably hold the buffer body and the adhesive body.

11. The connector cleaning tool according to claim 8 , further comprising a holding member configured to detachably hold the buffer body and the adhesive body.

12. The connector cleaning tool according to claim 2 , further comprising a holding member configured to integrally hold the buffer body and the adhesive body.

13. The connector cleaning tool according to claim 3 , further comprising a holding member configured to integrally hold the buffer body and the adhesive body.

14. The connector cleaning tool according to claim 8 , further comprising a holding member configured to integrally hold the buffer body and the adhesive body.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 8, 2026
From: TOMOEGAWA CORPORATION
To: SENKO ADVANCED COMPONENTS, INC.
Reel/Frame 074884/0358 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 20, 2025
From: TOMOEGAWA CO., LTD.
To: TOMOEGAWA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 073675/0888 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 17, 2019
From: TOMOEGAWA CO., LTD.
To: TOMOEGAWA CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048357/0214 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2018
From: TAKANASHI, MITSUYOSHI; HASHIMOTO, NOBUHIRO; GOTO, YOSHIHIRO; SUZUKI, MASAYOSHI; GOTO, MAKOTO
To: TOMOEGAWA CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 044948/0403 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-188739 · Sep 25, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180231717A1 · Aug 16, 2018
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