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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2017
Amphenol Corporation, Wallingford, CT (US);
Rakesh Thakare, Durham, NC (US);
Caichun Song, Changzhou, CN;
Phillip S. Bowen, Chatham, VA (US);
Marvin Bryant, Chatham, VA (US);
Paul R. Boucher, Callands, VA (US);
Barry Holt, Ottawa, CA;
Amphenol Corporation, Wallingford, CT (US);
Abstract
A method of installing cable on a cable reel that has the steps of providing a cable reel that includes first and second opposing flanges where the first flange has a first hub portion and the second flange having a second hub portion and the first hub portion has one or more flexible segments; placing a cable coil over the first hub portion and on the first flange so that the first hub portion substantially extends through an inner diameter of the cable coil; and expanding the one or more flexible segments by inserting the second hub portion inside of the first hub portion so that the one or more flexible segments engage the cable coil.