Field-installable pulling eye

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United States of America

PATENT NO 8991789
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13223889

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A field-installable pulling eye and a method for providing and using the same are disclosed. The pulling eye comprises a bolt, a sleeve, and a collet. The sleeve has a hollow interior defining a cavity configured to receive the collet through an open end, and an aperture passing from the exterior of the sleeve to the cavity at the opposite end. The bolt has a head portion and a threaded shaft configured to pass through the aperture and engage a complementary threaded orifice at one end of the collet. The collet has two or more jaws extending from the opposite end that are configured to exert a compression force the terminal end of a conductor inserted between the jaws as the collet is drawn into the cavity of the sleeve by tightening the bolt.

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  • SOUTHWIRE COMPANY, LLC

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Calhoun, Franklin Carrollton, US 11 87
Daniel, Allan Wayne Woodland, US 9 112

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