Patent ID: 6568070
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: B25B,H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
A front side extraction tool for removing a single pin from a multiple pin electrical connector comprisinga sleeve which at one end continuously surrounds a bore of substantially constant diameter that extends axially inward from said one end and is defined by a first cylindrical surface; a shaft having a first end portion radially confined by and axially movable within said sleeve axially extending bore; and said shaft presenting a terminal end surface at said first end with a perimeter axially aligned with the periphery of said shaft first end portion which forms an acute angle with the shaft axis and includes a distal end that terminates at the shaft periphery as a wedge surface adjacent said sleeve first cylindrical surface whereby, when said sleeve surrounds a pin to be extracted from an electrical connector, said shaft can be axially advanced to force said wedge surface between such pin and said sleeve first cylindrical surface to wedge such pin against said sleeve surface and enable said shaft and said sleeve and such pin to be moved in unison away from said electrical connector to remove such pin from said electrical connector.