Patent ID: RE43194

Claim:
A cable gripping apparatus comprising a cylindrical main housing having a central passage, an open first end and an open second end; an outside circular flange abutting the second end and formed as an integral structure of the main housing; an outside lip at the second end abutting the flange and formed as an integral structure of the main housing; a pair of half jaws, housed within said main housing; a spacer having a first spacer end and a second spacer end, the first spacer end having a diameter larger than a diameter of the second spacer end, the spacer positioned within the main housing against the pair of half jaws; a spring having a diameter no larger than the first spacer end, positioned in the main housing next to abutting the second spacer end ; a retaining clip having a diameter larger than the diameter of the spring and mechanism positioned in the main housing next to the spring; wherein a cable enters the apparatus at the first end of the main housing and is advanced through the housing, through the jaws, and as the spring is compressed, force is exerted upon the spacer and the jaws, thereby self-locking the cable.