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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2004
Filed:
May. 28, 2003
Applicant:
Inventor:
Terry J. Martin, Pittsford, NY (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02G 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02G 1/00 ;
Abstract
A cable leader includes an elongated cylindrical body with a pointed leading end and a hollow tubular end. The tubular end cavity includes an axially tapered inner wall. In one embodiment, the inner wall includes a plurality of axially spaced circumferential bites of progressively decreasing diameter to engage and grip the end of a cable pushed into the tubular end. In another embodiment, the inner wall includes internal threads of progressively decreasing diameter for threading onto the end of a cable.