Patents Examined by Harrry C. Kim
  • Method of terminating a fiber rope
    Patent number: 5904438
    Abstract: A method of terminating a fiber rope utilizing a device of the type which has a housing member having a frusto-conical bore in which an end portion of the rope can be wedgedly retained. The end portion of the rope has a reinforcing device incorporated therein in order to increase the tensile load capacity of the rope end portion. The reinforcing device may include a fiber type material, a length of fiber rope or a resinous compound applied to the fibers of the rope end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1999
    Assignee: Bridon PLC
    Inventors: Rahim Vaseghi, John Kenneth Yeardley