Patent ID: 9228636
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: F16G,H02G,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A method for adjusting a grip to secure a cable within a bore in the grip, the bore surrounded by interlaced wires, the grip characterized by an extended length in a longitudinal direction when in a relaxed state and a contracted length in the longitudinal direction when in a compressed state, the grip having a characteristic external dimension, measurable in a radial direction transverse to the longitudinal axis, when the grip is in the compressed state, and the bore having a characteristic first relatively large dimension, in a radial direction transverse to the longitudinal direction of the grip, when the grip is in the compressed state, the first relatively large dimension of sufficient size that the cable can be received into the grip bore, the method comprising: providing first and second tubular sections each having first and second ends, with the second section sized for positioning within the first section in a telescopic arrangement so that the combination of sections provides an assembly extendable in length along a longitudinal axis; the first section having an interior dimension, in a radial direction transverse to the longitudinal axis, at least as large as the characteristic external dimension of the grip in the compressed state with the bore configured to the characteristic first relatively large dimension at which the cable can be received into the grip bore; with the second tubular section positioned within the first tubular section, extending the second tubular section telescopically from the first tubular section so that the first and second sections additively provide an interior length along the longitudinal axis at least as long as the extended length of the grip when the grip is in the relaxed state; providing a first opening at a first end of one of the tubular sections of such dimension as to permit entry of the grip into said one of the tubular sections; inserting the grip through the first opening, into said one of the tubular sections and into the other of the tubular sections until the grip reaches a stopping point; reducing the size of the first opening to confine the grip within said one of the tubular sections when a compressive force is applied to the grip from the first end of said one of the tubular sections; and displacing the second tubular section within the first tubular section to reduce the interior length additively provided by the first and second sections to less than the extended length of the grip when the grip is in the relaxed state, said displacing resulting in application of the compressive force to reduce the length of the grip.