Method and device for gripping a cable
OwnerAlvah Aldrichinventor
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Abstract
A device for gripping a cable includes a device body, one or more gripping elements, and a gripping element housing configured to support the one or more gripping elements. The gripping element housing is rotatably coupled to the device body such that rotation of the gripping element housing relative to the device body about a longitudinal axis causes the one or more gripping elements to move radially relative to the longitudinal axis. The gripping elements may be configured such that they do not rotate relative to the gripping element housing. The gripping elements may also be configured such that they move only in a radial direction relative to the longitudinal axis, or alternatively such that they move both radially and longitudinally relative to the longitudinal axis.
Claims20
A device for gripping a cable, comprising:
- one or more gripping elements comprising a first threaded surface disposed on an outer portion of the one or more gripping elements;
- a gripping element housing rotatably coupled to the one or more gripping elements, wherein the gripping element housing comprises a second threaded surface disposed on an inner portion of the gripping element housing, wherein a rotation of the gripping element housing relative to the one or more gripping elements about a longitudinal axis causes the one or more gripping elements to move longitudinally relative to the longitudinal axis;
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- an inner guide structure that abuts against an inner portion of the one or more gripping elements, wherein the one or more gripping elements move along an outer surface of the inner guide structure as the one or more gripping elements move longitudinally relative to the longitudinal axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.