Patent ID: 9103994
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: G02B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An optical fiber guide apparatus configured to guide an optical fiber into a fiber optic connector installed within a splice connector installation tool, comprising: a fiber guide body; a fiber guide disposed in the fiber guide body, the fiber guide comprising a recess defining an entry opening and an exit opening opposite the entry opening along a longitudinal axis of the fiber guide, the recess configured to receive and guide an optical fiber from the entry opening along the longitudinal axis of the fiber guide through the exit opening into a housing opening of a splice connector installation tool; and an alignment member disposed in the fiber guide body, the alignment member configured to be alignably interfaced with a movable clamp attached to the splice connector installation tool, the movable clamp configured to clamp an end portion of a fiber optic connector within the housing opening for aligning the end portion with the exit opening of the fiber guide; wherein the alignment member is configured to align the exit opening of the fiber guide disposed in the fiber guide body along a second axis orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of the splice connector installation tool; and wherein the alignment member includes at least one of two surfaces configured to abut against the movable clamp.