Patent ID: 6098276
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: B25B,G02B,H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
A contact extraction tool in combination with a contact lying in a passage in an insulator of a connector to extract the contact from the passage, where the contact has a barrel and has a forwardly-facing contact shoulder at a rear end of said barrel, and the connector has a locking clip that can be radially outwardly deflected with respect to an axis of said passage to allow the contact to be moved forwardly out of the connector, wherein said contact has a forward part lying forward of said contact shoulder, wherein:said tool includes a sleeve with a rear portion having a rear end that fits closely around said barrel to lie between said barrel and said locking clip to radially outwardly deflect said locking clip rear end to release said locking clip;said tool also includes a contact grasping clip having a plurality of resilient tines with said grasping clip lying in said sleeve at a fixed location forward of said sleeve rear end to automatically engage said forward part of said contact.