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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7367090 | Fitting for wire rope A fitting for a wire rope with a diameter, the fitting including a stiff support and being adapted to hold and to attach the wire rope to the stiff support, the fitting further comprising an elongated flexible enclosure adapted to surround the wire rope, the flexibl... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7219397 | Elastic foreshortening of cable or other linear structures A device wherein an elastic cord is attached to a pre-existing flexible linear structure such as a wire, tube or non-elastic cordage in order to deform the structure and impart elastic handling properties of a common curly cord. The resulting assembly is a foreshort... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7143646 | Sensor The invention relates to a sensor, with a sensor housing (8) whose through-hole is intended for a connecting cable (1) that is attached to the sensor (11, 12), such that the connecting cable (1) is surrounded by a pressure spring element ... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7048755 | Method and apparatus for securing a suture An improved method and apparatus is provided to secure a suture relative to body tissue. When a predetermined minimum force is being transmitted between a suture retainer and the body tissue, the suture is gripped with the suture retainer by plastically deforming ma... | 05/23/2006 |
| 6098299 | Chalk line holder According to an aspect of the present invention, a chalk line holder has a housing, an operating mechanism on the housing, with a spool around which a supply of line can be wound and moveable relative to the housing about a first axis, and a brake assembl... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6016589 | Buckle for a safety belt A buckle for a safety belt has a housing with a recess, a cable to anchor the buckle to a vehicle or to a vehicle seat, and a cable fixing device. The cable has an end nearest to the buckle and the cable fixing device has a retaining section by which the ... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5375939 | Cable joint buffer A tapered buffer for a cable joint comprising a threaded collar adapted to be screwed onto a complementary threaded end portion of a rigid housing, a helical spring attached at one end to the collar and a conical resilient body moulded over and extending ... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5133583 | Method for use of mesh type cable pulling grips A method for the use of contractile pulling grips for cables in which a portion of the outer jacket of the cable is removed and the contractile grip is applied over one or more cable strength elements.... | 07/28/1992 |
| 5022780 | End clamp for textile rope with a metallic core This invention relates to a rope clamp and method of connecting to such clamp an end portion of a composite rope. Such rope has a multi-strand metallic core surrounded by a plurality of inner and outer sheaths of fibrous plastic material, the rope being o... | 06/11/1991 |
| 4912815 | Clamp assembly A clamp assembly for securing the ends of longitudinal tensile load-bearing elements comprises a pair of rings having complementary tapered surfaces. When assembled, one ring seats coaxially inside the other ring and the elements are gripped between the t... | 04/03/1990 |
| 4860408 | Cargo strap A stretchable, flexible cargo strap assembly comprises an elongated, stretchable first member having the properties of generating restoring force when stretched from a relaxed condition to a tensioned condition, and an elongated second member having a por... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4848957 | Coupling for plastic tube A coupling comprising a tube made of plastic composite material to be used as a structural member and having an end portion formed with a plurality of acute cutouts, a fitting having a small-diameter front end portion and a bell-shaped tapering rear porti... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4755076 | Spike and socket cable termination A spike and socket cable termination assembly includes an outer socket having a substantially conical bore disposed therethrough with the bore having a smaller first open end and a larger second open end. The socket is constructed of a first material. A c... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4643609 | Gripping assembly for elongated objects such as cables or bars A reversible wedge gripping assembly is provided for elongated objects, such as cables or bars, comprising an elongated casing which is open at both ends and which defines a passage adapted for receiving said elongated object, and a first pair of wedge-sh... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4558547 | Anchoring device for a pre-stress cable The invention provides an anchoring device for a pre-stress cable formed from several filaments or strands (4), comprising a bearing plate (1), a block (2) pierced with truncated cone shaped holes (21) through each of which passes a filament or... | 12/17/1985 |
| 4509233 | Rope clamp construction An improved clamp for nonmetallic rope has a plug formed with an annular collar at one end and a plurality of tapered segments formed integrally with the collar and extending outwardly therefrom. The plug has a hollow axial bore defined by a serrated cyli... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4453291 | Grip for pulling fiber optic cable A grip for cable, especially fragile cable such as fiber optic cable having a fragile connector at one end thereof. The grip comprises an elongated, hollow protective sheath with an open rearward end for receiving the connector therein, a pulling device c... | 06/12/1984 |
| 4439897 | Dead-end appliance for linear bodies A dead-end appliance for linear bodies including a pair of elongated legs, each of which is helically coiled along the length thereof for grippingly receiving a portion of a linear body. An integral connecting portion connects the legs at one end thereof ... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4395802 | Bending strain relief A bending strain relief assembly which includes a plurality of helical band members cooperatively interdigitated to define a sleeve having a cylindrical passage therethrough for receiving a cable or hose. Each band member includes a plurality of individua... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4180346 | Coupling for telescoping members An inner member is telescopically mounted within an outer tubular member and is normally locked against telescopic sliding movement relative to the outer member by a coupling mounted for back and forth manual manipulation along the outside of the two tele... | 12/25/1979 |
| 4177541 | Bicycle cable An armored cable assembly for locking cycles and the like comprising a cable with a welded inner fitting at each end surrounded by a metal sheet or conduit, the end of such sheet and said inner fitting extending into a cylindrical recess in each of a pair... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4157602 | Locking cable A flexible cable is described for coupling portable objects such as bicycles to a support which cable includes a metal reinforcement member interposed and sandwiched between an inner body of heat setting polymeric material and a cover of heat setting resi... | 06/12/1979 |
| 3991445 | Locking cable for securing portable objects such as bicycles A flexible cable is described for coupling portable objects such as bicycles to a support which cable includes a metal reinforcement member interposed and sandwiched between an inner body of heat setting polymeric material and a cover of heat setting resi... | 11/16/1976 |
