US 11,884,100 B2
System and method for a practical synthetic fiber tension member to rod connection
Richard V. Campbell, Havana, FL (US)
Filed by Richard V. Campbell, Havana, FL (US)
Filed on Jul. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/858,411.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/218,592, filed on Jul. 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0110074 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. B60B 1/02 (2006.01); B60B 1/00 (2006.01); B60B 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC B60B 1/0261 (2013.01) [B60B 1/003 (2013.01); B60B 5/02 (2013.01); B60B 2310/2082 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for creating a hybrid assembly of a rod segment and a flexible synthetic tensile member, comprising:
(a) providing a rod segment having a first rod end and a second rod end, with said second rod end including a standard end feature;
(b) providing said synthetic tensile member made of a plurality of individual filaments, said synthetic tensile member having a synthetic tensile member end;
(c) providing an anchor, including,
(i) proximal region,
(ii) a distal region,
(iii) a potting cavity proximate said proximal region, wherein said potting cavity expands in a distal direction,
(iv) an extended distal wall,
(v) a cavity enclosed by said extended distal wall, said cavity proximate said distal region;
(d) placing a length of said filaments of said synthetic tensile member proximate said synthetic tensile member end into said potting cavity;
(e) infusing said length of filaments with a liquid potting compound;
(f) maintaining said length of filaments within said potting compound within said potting cavity until said liquid potting compound transitions to a solid, thereby creating a solidified potted region within said anchor;
(g) placing said first rod end within said cavity enclosed by said extended distal wall and distal to said solidified potted region; and
(h) swaging said extended distal wall inward against said first rod end in order to connect said anchor to said rod segment.