US 11,808,658 B2
Visual inspector attachment for fiber connector cleaners
Yu Huang, Orland Park, IL (US); Jose M. Castro, Naperville, IL (US); Surendra Chitti Babu, Naperville, IL (US); Andrew R. Matcha, Chicago, IL (US); and Thomas M. Sedor, Orland Park, IL (US)
Assigned to Panduit Corp., Tinley Park, IL (US)
Filed by Panduit Corp., Tinley Park, IL (US)
Filed on Sep. 21, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/026,556.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/907,093, filed on Sep. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0096039 A1, Apr. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. G01M 11/00 (2006.01); B08B 1/00 (2006.01); B08B 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01M 11/31 (2013.01) [B08B 1/001 (2013.01); B08B 13/00 (2013.01); B08B 2240/02 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fiber optic inspection module, comprising:
a camera configured to capture an image of an end-face of a fiber optic connector; a cleaner adapter forming a path;
a light source configured to illuminate the end-face; and
a first mirror configured to:
reflect light from the light source to the end-face; and
pivot between a first position and a second position, wherein in the position the first mirror is positioned to block, at least in part, the path between a probe and the end-face, and wherein in the second position the first mirror is rotated to open the path between the probe and the end-face to enable the probe to access the end-face.