Patent ID: 8670291

Claim:
A termination for a braid end, wherein the braid is formed as a flat closed loop of braided strands configured to be expanded to a shape of an annular cylinder having a selected wall thickness, the termination comprising: a sleeve having a selected internal diameter and disposed on an exterior surface of the braid; spacers configured to be applied to an exterior of the braid, a configuration and an external diameter of the spacers when in contact with each other forming an annular cylinder having an external diameter selected to fit inside the sleeve, the spacers having a bevel at one longitudinal end thereof; a substantially cylindrical insert having a bevel at one longitudinal end thereof at substantially a same bevel angle as the bevel on the spacers, the insert disposed in a longitudinal end of the braid, the longitudinal end of the braid having the insert therein and the spacers thereon inserted into an opening formed in the braid to a position of the sleeve; and wherein an external diameter of the insert is selected such that when combined with twice the wall thickness of the braid, such combined diameter is larger than an internal diameter of the annular cylinder formed by the spacers such that when axial tension is applied to the braid, the bevel at the longitudinal end of the insert with braid thereon laterally urges the spacers outward, and wherein the sleeve is disposed externally to the spacers to limit lateral outward movement thereof.