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US 10,461,514 B2Granted
Cable securing device
AssigneeQuick Fitting, Inc.
InventorsDavid B. Crompton, Libardo Ochoa Dias, Herbert J. Bouchard
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Abstract
A cable securing device facilitates secure connection to a cabling end, and employs a retaining cap, a compression member, a barrel with a tapered interior wall and a fastening device.
Claims22
A device, comprising:
- a barrel comprising an interior surface comprising a substantially cylindrical portion and a substantially frustoconical portion, wherein the interior surface defines an interior cavity;
- a retaining cap secured to the barrel and comprising a body segment extending into the interior cavity of the barrel, wherein the body segment comprises a radially extending edge;
- a compression member maintained within the barrel interior cavity between an expanded position and a compressed position, wherein the compression member comprises first and second ends;
- a fastening device axially movable within the barrel interior cavity, wherein the fastening device comprises a leading edge at a first axial end, a trailing edge at a second axial end and a radially interior surface comprising a gripping segment;
- a retaining ring slidingly engaged with the barrel interior surface between the compression member and the fastening device;
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- wherein the compression member is compressible into the compressed position by the radially extending edge of the retaining cap body segment at the compression member first end and by the trailing edge of the fastening device at the compression member second end.
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A device, comprising:
- a barrel comprising an interior surface defining an interior cavity;
- a retaining cap secured to the barrel and comprising an axially inner wall extending into the interior cavity of the barrel, wherein the axially inner wall comprises a radially extending edge;
- a compression member maintained within the barrel interior cavity between an expanded position and a compressed position, wherein the compression member comprises first and second ends;
- a fastening device comprising a leading edge at a first axial end, a trailing edge at a second axial end, a radially outer surface and a radially interior surface comprising a gripping segment;
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- a retaining ring maintained between the compression member and the fastening device, wherein the retaining ring comprises a head segment and a body segment, wherein the head segment is slidingly engaged with the barrel interior surface and wherein the body segment is in mating contact with the trailing edge of the fastening device,
- wherein the fastening device is axially movable within the barrel interior cavity between a floating position corresponding to the compressed position of the compression member, in which the fastening device is not in contact with the barrel interior surface, and an extended position corresponding to the expanded position of the compression member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.