Patent ID: 6846988

Claim:
A ring-shaped collet comprising: an inner wall, an outer wall, a first end and a second end, the ends separated by a width of the collet; at least two equally spaced apart slots from the inner wall to the outer wall extending from the first end toward the second end partially across the width, at least two equally spaced apart slots from the inner wall to the outer wall extending from the second end toward the first end partially across the width, the number of slots in the first end equal to the number of the slots in the second end and the slots from the first end being located generally equally between the slots from the second end; the inner wall defining a diameter sized to receive a transmission line cable; the outer wall having a diameter which tapers from a greatest diameter proximate the first end to a smallest diameter proximate the second end; each of the slots in the second end closed off adjacent the first end by a portion of the first end extending from the inner wall to the outer wall; and the collet formed of a deformable material.