Abstract: A cable terminator connector includes a screw and base having a first opening and a second opening. The first and second openings are configured to receive first and second cable portions wherein the screw is threaded into the base thereby pushing the first and second cable portions into the first and second openings and clamping the first and second cables portions into the base.

Abstract: A cable terminator connector includes a screw and base having a first opening and a second opening. The first and second openings are configured to receive first and second cable portions wherein the screw is threaded into the base thereby pushing the first and second cable portions into the first and second openings and clamping the first and second cables portions into the base.

Abstract: A crimp sleeve assembly includes a body made from titanium and has a first open end and a second closed end. The crimp sleeve crimps a Nitinol wire and a PTFE coated stainless steel wire. An axial end stop sleeve assembly has a sleeve crimped by an axial die assembly which forms a tip of the sleeve into a closed end bullet and/or tapered nose wherein the sleeve is crimped onto an end of a wire rope such that the wire rope does not protrude from the closed end bullet and/or tapered nose and wherein the axial die assembly minimizes flash during crimping.

Abstract: A sleeve for terminating synthetic rope and coated wire rope has a body and a first channel, a second channel, and a third channel formed within the body. Each of the first, second, and third channels form a trilobular opening within the sleeve for receiving and crimping wire rope. The wire rope can have an eye splice formed at one end. A method of crimping the trilobular sleeve includes feeding the rope through the first channel of the trilobular sleeve, looping the rope through the second channel of the sleeve and then through the third channel of the trilobular sleeve, inserting the sleeve between upper and lower crimp dies, and pressing the sleeve between the dies, thereby crimping the sleeve to the rope.

Abstract: A sleeve for terminating synthetic rope and coated wire rope has a body and a first channel, a second channel, and a third channel formed within the body. Each of the first, second, and third channels form a trilobular opening within the sleeve for receiving and crimping wire rope. The wire rope can have an eye splice formed at one end. A method of crimping the trilobular sleeve includes feeding the rope through the first channel of the trilobular sleeve, looping the rope through the second channel of the sleeve and then through the third channel of the trilobular sleeve, inserting the sleeve between upper and lower crimp dies, and pressing the sleeve between the dies, thereby crimping the sleeve to the rope.

Abstract: A wire rope cutter includes a first handle and a second handle, a first cutting jaw and a second cutting jaw, a first pivot for pivotally connecting the first jaw and the first handle; and a second pivot for pivotally connecting the second jaw to the second handle. A third pivot pivotally connects the first handle to the second handle, and a fourth pivot pivotally connects the first jaw to the second jaw. The first jaw includes a web area having an elongated opening, and the second jaw includes a web area having an elongated opening. The third pivot is formed by a fastener extending through the elongated openings of the first jaw web area and the second jaw web area for pivotally connecting the handles together.

Abstract: A crimp sleeve for use with small enclosures has a body having an outer diameter and an opening having an inner diameter extending through the body. The sleeve joins a wire formed of stainless steel to a fiber formed of Vectran braid through the opening. The sleeve is formed of a material which has a high coefficient of friction relative to the wire, such as titanium.

Abstract: A wire rope cutter includes a first handle and a second handle, a first cutting jaw and a second cutting jaw, a first pivot for pivotally connecting the first jaw and the first handle; and a second pivot for pivotally connecting the second jaw to the second handle. A third pivot pivotally connects the first handle to the second handle, and a fourth pivot pivotally connects the first jaw to the second jaw. The first jaw includes a web area having an elongated opening, and the second jaw includes a web area having an elongated opening. The third pivot is formed by a fastener extending through the elongated openings of the first jaw web area and the second jaw web area for pivotally connecting the handles together.

Abstract: A sleeve for terminating synthetic rope and coated wire rope has a body and a first channel, a second channel, and a third channel formed within the body. Each of the first, second, and third channels form a trilobular opening within the sleeve for receiving and crimping wire rope. The wire rope can have an eye splice formed at one end. A method of crimping the trilobular sleeve includes feeding the rope through the first channel of the trilobular sleeve, looping the rope through the second channel of the sleeve and then through the third channel of the trilobular sleeve, inserting the sleeve between upper and lower crimp dies, and pressing the sleeve between the dies, thereby crimping the sleeve to the rope.

Abstract: A crimp sleeve for use with small enclosures has a body having an outer diameter and an opening having an inner diameter extending through the body. The sleeve joins a wire formed of stainless steel to a fiber formed of Vectran braid through the opening. The sleeve is formed of a material which has a high coefficient of friction relative to the wire, such as titanium.

Abstract: A compression sleeve for connecting and swaging cable has an outer housing having one or more passages therethrough for holding a cable having a sheath thereon. The passages have a series of teeth separated by blunt roots which extrudes and removes the sheath from the cable thereby swaging the sleeve to a metal portion of the cable. The sleeve can be pressed at a first central position such that the teeth engage the sheath of the cable. The sleeve can also be pressed at subsequent positions extending outwardly from the central position of the sleeve such that the teeth engage the sheath of the cable.

Abstract: A cutter die has an upper body and a lower body having first and second cutting blades which encapsulate a rope. A first blade holder retains the upper body and a second blade holder retains the lower body. The first blade holder has an edge for supporting the wire rope and the second blade holder has an edge for supporting the wire rope. The first cutting blade and the second cutting blade can have cutting edges which are cantered and offset.

Abstract: A compound wire rope cutter has a first handle and a second handle; a first lever and a second lever; and a first cutting jaw and a second cutting jaw. The first cutting jaw is formed at a distal end of the first lever. A second cutting jaw is formed at a distal end of the second lever. A first pivot pivotally connects the first handle and the second handle. A second pivot pivotally connects the first lever to the first handle. A third pivot pivotally connects the second lever to the second handle. A fourth pivot pivotally connects the first lever to the second lever. A first mechanical advantage is defined as a pivot lever length divided by a pivot jaw length, and a second mechanical advantage is defined as a handle length divided by a pivot handle length. A compound mechanical advantage is obtained by multiplying the first and second mechanical advantages together.

Abstract: A hand held cable cutter has a first cutter half having a first cutting head with a first jaw having a first cutting blade formed on a first edge of the first jaw. A first pivot portion is formed in the head. A second cutter half has a second cutting head with a second jaw having a second cutting blade formed on a first edge of the second cutting blade. A second pivot portion is formed in the second head. The first and second cutting blades each has a cutting profile formed between the pivot portion and the first cutting edge and a root formed between a second cutting edge and the first pivot portion. The root and profile of the first and second cutting blades each form an overlap between the first and second cutter blades when the cutter is in a closed position.

Abstract: A connector for electrically and mechanically joining a conductor to a communication cable sheath. Transversely arcuate, opposed members or arms with a row of pointed tangs on each longitudinal edge, are hingedly joined at one end. The other ends are adapted to be joined to clamp the cable sheath between the arms. At least one arm is elastic and longitudinally curved away from the other arm so that in use a compressive force is maintained even upon deformation of the cable sheath.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for butt splicing a pair of insulated electrical conductors by crimping an open-sided sleeve thereon. The apparatus comprises a frame, a wire cutter, a pair of laterally acting crimping jaws, a wire tensioning assembly, a sleeve feed assembly, a sleeve ejector, and a power cylinder, all of which are operably interconnected for sequential splicing operation. A connector sleeve is initially severed from a continuous chain thereof and is automatically positioned in each of the crimping jaw sets by the sleeve feed assembly. A pair of matching wires is then selected and pulled taut in a side-by-side manner, between the opposing side walls of each of the sleeves.

Abstract: A connector for electrically joining insulated conductors without removing the insulation therefrom. The connector is generally channel-shaped having a web with opposed, spaced apart side walls extending therefrom, and includes an electrically conductive inner portion, ultrasonically bonded to an electrically insulative outer portion. Rows of conductor engaging protuberances are disposed transversely on the side walls, each of said rows having a plurality of protuberances with a spacing between adjacent edges thereof, for receiving one of the conductors therebetween. Said spacing is smaller than the width of a conductor and is graduated such that the spacing gradationally decreases in width from those rows adjacent the connector ends to those rows intermediate of said connector.