Patent ID: 6840483
Filing Date: 2005-01-11
Classification: F16L

Abstract:
1. A method of installing a cable through a structure, the method comprising: providing a bushing having a body portion having threads thereon and a distal end and a proximal end with a substantially planar head portion integrally attached thereto, the head portion having a low profile and a substantially smooth exterior surface with at least two cavities therein, the bushing further having a passageway extending through the body portion and the head portion; providing a hole in the structure sized to receive the body portion of the bushing; inserting the distal end of the bushing into the hole in the structure; inserting engagement protrusions into the cavities in the head portion of the bushing and applying an installation force to the engagement protrusions to cause the bushing to be screwed into the hole in the structure; removing the engagement protrusions from the cavities after the bushing has been screwed into the hole in the structure such that a rear surface of the head portion contacts the structure; inserting a cable into the passageway; and reinserting engagement protrusions into the cavities in the head portion of the bushing and applying an installation force to the engagement protrusions to cause the bushing to be tightened into the hole in the structure while the cable protrudes outward through the passageway.