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US 4,507,008 AGranted
Stranded cable termination arrangement
AssigneeAT&T Bell Laboratories
InventorsAli Adl, William D. Backus
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Abstract
A cable termination arrangement includes a tapered socket body and a mating plug covered with a sleeve of malleable material. Cable strands are inserted and spread out inside of the socket. The plug and sleeve are pushed into the socket for forcing the strands into the sleeve. When a tensile force is applied to the cable, slippage between the cable and the socket is zero.
Claims5
A stranded cable termination arrangement comprising
- a high strength socket having a frustum shaped interior tapering from a base opening to a top opening;
- a group of high strength cable strands inserted into the top opening with individual strands spread out forming a single layer of strands at the base opening;
- a malleable metallic sleeve shaped to fit inside of the socket;
- and
- a high strength plug inserted into the sleeve and socket by a compressive force exceeding a maximum tensile force of the stranded cable for reforming the sleeve around the strands and holding the cable in the socket without slippage when a tensile force is applied between the cable and the termination arrangement.
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A stranded cable termination arrangement comprising
- a high strength socket having a frustum snaped interior tapering from a base to a top opening;
- a group of high strength cable strands inserted into the top opening with individual strands spread out forming a single layer of strands at the base opening;
- and
- a high strength plug inserted into the socket by a compressive force exceeding a maximum tensile force of the stranded cable for holding the cable in the socket without slippage when a tensile force is applied between the cable and the termination arrangement.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.