Patent ID: 7519260

Claim:
An optoelectronic device separation apparatus for separating coaxial portions of an optoelectronic device, the apparatus comprising: a first clamp member configured to grip a first coaxial portion of the optoelectronic device, the first clamp member defining a first receiving region configured to receive the first coaxial portion of the optoelectronic device, the first clamp member further including a protruding cylindrical portion, wherein at least a portion of the first receiving region is located within the protruding cylindrical portion; and a second clamp member configured to engage the first clamp member and configured to grip a second coaxial portion of the optoelectronic device, the second clamp member defining a second receiving region configured to receive the second coaxial portion and defining a recessed cylindrical portion configured to receive the protruding cylindrical portion of the housing clamp member such that the first receiving region and the second receiving region are coaxial when the protruding cylindrical portion is received in the recessed cylindrical portion, and wherein the first clamp member and the second clamp member are rotatable relative to each other around an axis of the protruding cylindrical portion received in the recessed cylindrical portion to separate the first coaxial portion from the second coaxial portion of the optoelectronic device.