Invention Application
- Patent Title: Controlled Translation Method of Affixing a Termination to a Tensile Member
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Application No.: US16154346Application Date: 2018-10-08
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Publication No.: US20190178341A1Publication Date: 2019-06-13
- Inventor: Richard V. Campbell , David M. Gladwin
- Applicant: Richard V. Campbell , David M. Gladwin
- Main IPC: F16G11/02
- IPC: F16G11/02 ; B21F15/04 ; B23P11/00

Abstract:
A method for creating a termination by attaching some kind of fitting to the end of a tensile member such as a cable. The end fitting is provided with one or more internal cavities. Each cavity has a proximal portion that is adjacent to the area where the tensile member exits the fitting and a distal portion on its opposite end. A length of the tensile member's filaments is placed within this expanding cavity and infused with liquid potting compound. The method exploits the characteristic of a liquid potting compound as it transitions to a solid. Once the potting compound in at least a portion of the cavity has transitioned sufficiently to hold the filaments at a desired level, tension is placed on the tensile-member and a small linear displacement may be imposed on the tensile member. This linear displacement tends to pull the filaments residing in the potting compound into better alignment and improve load sharing. The invention can be applied to single fittings having multiple cavities and to multiple fittings having only one cavity per fitting.
Public/Granted literature
- US10563727B2 Controlled translation method of affixing a termination to a tensile member Public/Granted day:2020-02-18
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