Patent ID: 7137617

Claim:
A composite tension member, comprising: a plurality of composite rods arranged in a generally parallel orientation in a bundle, each bundle having two ends; a wedge plug formed around at least one end of the composite rods, wherein the plurality of composite rods in the wedge plug are splayed out in a widened orientation in the wedge plug from a vicinity of where the plurality of composite rods enter a proximal, narrower end of the wedge plug to a distal, wider end of the wedge plug, and wherein the wedge plug is formed from a material that bonds to the plurality of composite rods located therein; and at least one termination fitting with a termination fitting body having an aperture at a proximal end for receipt of the bundle of composite rods, and having an internal cavity that flares outwardly from a proximal end to a distal end to closely fit and receive the wedge plug.