US 12,460,699 B2
Cable termination inspection cover assembly
Andrew Averill, King of Prussia, PA (US); and Nathan Joseph Engler, Perkasie, PA (US)
Assigned to WIRECO WORLDGROUP INC., Prairie Village, KS (US)
Filed by WireCo WorldGroup Inc., Prairie Village, KS (US)
Filed on May 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/323,329.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/346,706, filed on May 27, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0384128 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. F16G 11/02 (2006.01); D07B 9/00 (2006.01); F16G 11/00 (2006.01); G01B 5/08 (2006.01); G01D 11/26 (2006.01)
CPC F16G 11/025 (2013.01) [D07B 9/00 (2013.01); F16G 11/00 (2013.01); G01B 5/08 (2013.01); G01D 11/26 (2013.01); D07B 2201/20 (2013.01); D07B 2205/2046 (2013.01); D07B 2205/205 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cover assembly for a synthetic cable having a termination end secured on a jacketed end of the synthetic cable, the cover assembly comprising:
a shell configured to extend around and at least partially enclose a socket portion of the termination end of the synthetic cable; and
an inspection port defined into the shell for viewing access of at least part of the termination end of the synthetic cable;
wherein the inspection port is positioned along a length of the shell that aligns with the socket portion of the termination end so that the socket portion of the termination end and the jacketed end of the synthetic cable are visible through the inspection port, and wherein the jacketed end of the synthetic cable extends into the socket portion of the termination end.