Patent ID: 8653366

Claim:
A method for fusing a conductor and a forged assembly, the method comprising: exposing a core of the conductor from the conductor by removing outer strands surrounding the core; sliding the exposed core into an aluminum inner half sleeve of a connecting tube, wherein the exposed core comprises a plurality of tightly packed core strands and the exposed core remains tightly packed inside the aluminum inner half sleeve; sliding the core and the aluminum inner half sleeve into a first end of an aluminum outer sleeve of the connecting tube; inserting the forged assembly into a second end of the aluminum outer sleeve such that the core and the forged assembly abut each other; providing an outer body subassembly over the connecting tube, the outer body subassembly having an outer layer of implosive charge; and detonating said implosive charge so as to compress the aluminum outer sleeve of the connecting tube around the conductor and the forged assembly, wherein the aluminum inner half sleeve is coated with grit particles to provide a strengthened grip.