Patent ID: 7543360

Claim:
A flex-accommodating cable termination on an end of a synthetic cable, comprising: a. an anchor, having a first side and a second side; b. a passage passing completely through said anchor from said first side to said second side; c. said passage including a cable locking region proximate said second side of said anchor; d. wherein said cable is potted into said cable locking region using a cross-linking adhesive, thereby dividing said cable into a locked portion held within said cable locking region and a freely flexing portion extending out said first side of said anchor; e. a smoothly curved expansion joining said passage to said first side of said anchor; and f. wherein said freely flexing portion of said cable lying proximate said smoothly curved expansion is completely unencumbered so that it can bend around said smoothly curved expansion when said freely flexing portion is angularly offset from said anchor.