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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2017
Amphenol Corporation, Wallingford, CT (US);
Rakesh Thakare, Danville, VA (US);
Caichun Song, Changzhou, CN;
Phillip Stanley Bowen, Chatham, VA (US);
Marvin Bryant, Chatham, VA (US);
Paul Richard 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, the first flange having a first hub portion and the second flange having a second hub portion, the first hub portion being longer than the second hub portion, the first hub portion having a plurality of flexible segments; placing a cable coil over the first hub portion and on the first flange so that the first hub portion extends through the cable coil; and inserting the second hub portion inside of the first hub portion, thereby expanding the flexible segments so that flexible segments engage the cable coil.