Cable Assembly with Anchor
AssigneeFranklin Offshore International Pte. Ltd.
InventorsDavid Malcolm Glennie, Lew Kah Hoo @ Peter Lew
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Abstract
A cable assembly comprises a cable having a main body, strands, a tail and a first cable end, an anchor, and a sleeve having a bore, a first end and a second end. The first end is positioned generally adjacent the anchor, the second end is positioned remote from the anchor, and the cable end is positioned in the bore. A cured adhesive is positioned in the bore, binding the sleeve to the cable, along with a rope insert which is positioned at least partially in the bore, wherein the cured adhesive holds the at least one rope insert in a fixed position with respect to the sleeve.
Claims15
A cable assembly comprising, in combination:
- a cable having a main body, strands, a tail and a first cable end;
- an anchor;
- a sleeve having a bore, a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is positioned generally adjacent the anchor, and the second end is positioned remote from the anchor, and the cable end is positioned in the bore;
- a cured adhesive positioned in the bore, binding the sleeve to the cable;
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- at least one rope insert at least partially positioned in the bore, wherein the cured adhesive holds the at least one rope insert in a fixed position with respect to the sleeve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.