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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2004
Michael J. Swantner, Warren, PA (US);
Douglas G. Seymour, York, PA (US);
Randall E. Gillotti, Warren, PA (US);
Michael J. Swantner, Warren, PA (US);
Douglas G. Seymour, York, PA (US);
Randall E. Gillotti, Warren, PA (US);
Osram Sylvania Inc., Danvers, MA (US);
Abstract
A cable retainer () for a cable () having a longitudinal axis () and a given diameter has a first elongated body half () arrayed along the longitudinal axis () and having a first surface () and a second, oppositely disposed surface (), the second oppositely disposed surface () having a first cable receiving section () therein with a depth at least one half of the given diameter. A second elongated body half () is arrayed along the longitudinal axis () and has a first area () and a second, oppositely disposed area () with a second cable receiving section () therein. A guide system () is provided for orienting the first elongated body half and the second elongated body half A fastener () is formed on the second elongated body half () and a receptor () for the fastener () is formed on the first elongated body half (). A plurality of cable-engaging projections () is formed in each of the first cable receiving section () and the second cable receiving section (), the cable engaging projections () in the first cable-receiving section () being longitudinally displaced from the projections () in the second cable receiving section (), whereby an inserted cable () is rendered axially and rotationally stable.