A wire rope or strand is inserted into a bore in a metal terminal blank having an elongate body, a collar at one extremity, and a transitional neck portion merging with the collar. The neck portion has a rounded peripheral depression, which aids plastic flow during reduction. The cross-section of the terminal blank is reduced by swaging or pressing only its body, so that the body grips the rope or strand. The collar has a bearing surface which is directed away from the body and is intended to support a load which puts the rope under tension. When a load is applied to the bearing surface the terminal is under longitudinal compression.
This application is a continuation of co-pending application Ser. No. 265,560 "Terminals for Strands and Ropes" of Thomas Ernest Mason, filed June 23, 1972 and now abandoned.
A vehicle brake cable equalizer is provided for connecting a main actuator cable extending from the forward section of a vehicle to a pair of brake actuator cables extending from the rear wheel brakes of the vehicle. The vehicle brake cable equalizer includes a base having a forward end portion and a rearward end portion. A ramp is provided having at least a portion extending at an angle upwardly and forwardly from the rearward end portion of the base. Slots are provided in the base for attachment of the main actuator cable and are provided in the ramp for attaching a pair of brake actuator cables. Fasteners are provided on the ramp for temporarily securing the vehicle brake cable equalizer structure to vehicle structure while the brake actuating cables are connected thereto from a position on the underside of the vehicle floor. The structure permits an assembler to connect the brake actuator cables in a position beneath the vehicle floor without having visual contact with the brake cable equalizer which is located on the upper side of the vehicle floor.
Apparatus for attaching a floating tension leg platform to an anchoring base template on the subsea floor. The apparatus includes an external mooring porch for each tendon, the porches being mounted on the outside surfaces of the platform's columns.
A method for making a buckle mechanism starting with a cylindrical metal blank by forming a circumferential cut-out on the blank, fixing the blank onto a flexible cable, forming a flattened longitudinal groove on opposite sides of the blank by pressing on both sides, and inserting the thus-formed connector into a buckle base.
Apparatus is disclosed in which a flexible line having its lower end anchored to a base fixedly mounted at an offshore location extends through an upwardly flared opening in the base for connection to a tension leg platform on the surface of the ocean.
The method for making a termination for a wire rope entails inserting a first end of the wire rope end into a mold, wherein the mold comprises a mold opening; placing a crucible on the mold, adding a separator to the crucible over an opening in the crucible, adding an exothermic metallic material to a crucible, igniting the exothermic metallic material to form a molten material that liquefies the separator; flowing the liquefied separator onto the end of the wire rope forming a termination capable of sustaining a higher break force than the wire rope. Other embodiments of the method entail using a liquid adhesive to form the termination.
