Patent ID: 8809704

Claim:
A conductor termination system for use with an electrical power transmission conductor, the conductor termination system comprising: a) a termination assembly including: an end member including a receiver portion configured to receive a segment of the conductor; and an integral retainer mechanism including a moveable keeper member on the end member, wherein the retainer mechanism is operable to selectively compressively clamp a segment of the conductor in the receiver portion to the end member and to apply a compressive clamping load to the conductor segment; and b) a connector adapted to be applied to the end member and the conductor to securely clamp the conductor segment to the end member; wherein the integral retainer mechanism is applying the compressive clamping load to the conductor segment using the keeper member and the receiver portion, which engage and capture the conductor segment therebetween and apply a radially compressive load to the conductor segment from opposed sides of the conductor segment.