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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2020
Little Engine, Llc, Belmont, NC (US);
J. Dean Cole, Orlando, FL (US);
Franz W. Kellar, Gastonia, NC (US);
Michael D. Bissette, Belmont, NC (US);
Harold L. Crowder, Concord, NC (US);
Little Engine, LLC, Belmont, NC (US);
Abstract
A clamp for anchoring tensile members includes: a collet having a peripheral wall defining a central bore for accepting tensile members therethrough and an exterior surface, wherein the collet is configured to be swaged around the tensile members, and includes an array of longitudinal grooves defining webs configured to collapse inward in response to external compressive force; a sleeve having a peripheral wall defining interior and exterior surfaces, the sleeve positioned axially adjacent to the collet, so as to be movable parallel to a mutual central axis of the sleeve and the collet, between first and second positions; and wherein the sleeve and the collet are arranged such that movement of the sleeve from the first position to the second position will cause the interior surface of the sleeve to bear against the exterior surface of the collet, causing the collet to swage radially inwards around the tensile members.