Patent ID: 8439405

Claim:
A hose assembly comprising: a length of hose comprising: an inner tube, said inner tube skived from a distal extent of an end portion of said hose; one or more layers of cable reinforcement; and one or more layers of rubber covering said cable reinforcement, said one or more layers of rubber covering skived from said end portion of said hose; a coupling swaged or crimped on said end portion and a further length of said hose, said coupling comprising: a unitary ferrule disposed over said end portion of said hose and said further length of said hose, said ferrule comprising: a first inside diameter, said first inside diameter being greater than an outside diameter of said hose; a second inside diameter, said second inside diameter being greater than an outside diameter of said end portion of said hose with said rubber covering skived from said hose; and an inner surface portion comprising: a plurality of ridges having said first diameter and disposed over said further length of said hose; and at least one cable trap rib having a width and said second inside diameter and disposed over said distal portion of said end portion of said hose; and a unitary stem disposed in said end portion of said hose and said further length of said hose, said stem comprising: a termination portion for attaching to a fixture; a cable trap groove portion corresponding to said cable trap rib and disposed under said distal portion of said end portion of said hose, said groove having an outside diameter greater than an inside diameter of a tube of said hose and less than an inside diameter of said hose with said tube skived from said hose, said groove having a width at least the width of said rib plus twice the diameter of said cable reinforcing said hose, a plurality of cables of said distal extent of said hose distorted between said rib and said groove; and an insert portion defining a plurality of lands inter-indexing with the ferrule ridges, said insert having an outside diameter generally corresponding to an inside diameter of said tube of said hose; wherein said coupling further comprises a weephole connecting the space occupied by the hose between said ferrule and said stem to the outside.