US 12,007,297 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 Oct. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/375,601.
Application 18/375,601 is a continuation of application No. 17/026,556, filed on Sep. 21, 2020, granted, now 11,808,658.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/907,093, filed on Sep. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0035925 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. G01M 11/00 (2006.01); B08B 1/10 (2024.01); B08B 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01M 11/31 (2013.01) [B08B 1/10 (2024.01); B08B 13/00 (2013.01); B08B 2240/02 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A fiber optic inspection module, comprising:
a camera configured to capture an image of an end-face;
a light source configured to emit light for illuminating the end-face;
a first mirror configured to reflect the light from the light source;
a lens configured to receive and direct the light from the first mirror; and
a second mirror configured to reflect light from the lens to the end-face;
wherein the light source, the lens, the first mirror and the second mirror are configured to move out of a pathway for a cleaning device inserted into the fiber optic inspection module.