Patent ID: 8359725

Claim:
An apparatus, the apparatus comprising: a body having a channel and an insert, in which the channel extends to a first opening in the body and a second opening in the body, and in which the channel of the body has a diameter that is configured to decrease in size; a mandrel disposed in the channel of the body and the insert of the body, in which the mandrel has a shaft, a head on the shaft, and a compressible material disposed between the head and the insert of the body, and in which the mandrel is configured to receive a tube from the head to the insert of the body; a collar, in which the collar has a diameter smaller than a diameter of the body; a biasing system configured to guide the collar in a first direction to a first position and then to a second position and configured to apply force to the body in a second direction, in which in the first position the body clamps the tube and a ferrule, and in which in the second position the body compresses the compressible material expanding a wall of the tube outward into the ferrule.