Patent ID: 8146241
Filing Date: 2012-04-03
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A tool for reconfiguring the pins of an electrical connector used to electrically couple a tractor to a trailer, said tool comprising: a handle having a proximal end and distal end; a head attached to the distal end of the handle, said head having a free end and an attached end, the attached end being opposite the free end and attached to the distal end of the handle; a plurality of openings in the free end of the head, the plurality of openings leading to a plurality of parallel channels within the head, each opening leading to one channel, each channel, except one channel, being equal in diameter and length to each other channel; and an elongate separator pin fixed within each channel, the separator pin being concentric with the channel and having a conical nose attached to a cylindrical body, said cylindrical body having a diameter equal to a determined electrode section separation; and each elongate separator pin including collar at a distal end of the body and a tail at a distal end of the collar, said collar being fastened to the head.