Core and rod cable connection apparatus and method
In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a push pull cable apparatus includes a push pull cable connection, that has a rod having a first diameter and a core disposed adjacent the rod wherein the core has a second diameter and wherein the first diameter and the second diameter are substantially similar. In accordance with another embodiment of the present invention, a method of manufacturing a push pull cable connection, includes providing a rod, forming a first counter bore into the rod, forming a second counter bore into the rod, inserting a second layer into the first counter bore, surrounding the second layer with a core jacket, and removing a portion of the core jacket along a length of the core jacket.
1 . A push pull cable connection, comprising:
a rod having a first diameter; and
a core disposed adjacent the rod wherein the core has a second diameter and wherein the first diameter and the second diameter are substantially similar.
2 . The push pull cable connection of claim 1 , wherein the rod and the core are coaxial.
3 . The push pull cable connection of claim 1 , wherein the rod is coupled to the core.
4 . The push pull cable connection of claim 1 , wherein the core comprises a plurality of splines.
5 . The push pull cable connection of claim 1 , wherein the core comprises
a center coaxial with the rod;
a plurality of wires wrapped around the center; and
a core jacket encasing the plurality of wires, wherein the core jacket has a plurality of splines circumferentially spaced on the core jacket and wherein the core jacket has a second diameter substantially similar to the first diameter.
6 . The push pull cable connection of claim 5 , wherein the center, the plurality of wires and the core jacket are coupled to the rod.
7 . The push pull cable connection of claim 5 , wherein the rod has a first counter bore and a second counter bore disposed within the rod;
the center is disposed adjacent the rod;
the plurality of wires are wrapped around the center; and
the core jacket encasing the plurality of wires, wherein the core jacket comprises a plurality of splines and wherein a core jacket diameter is substantially similar to a rod diameter.
8 . The push pull cable apparatus of claim 7 , wherein a height of the spline is 10 percent or greater of the length from a tip of the spline to a middle of the center.
9 . The push pull cable apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the first counter bore has a first diameter and the second counter bore has a second diameter.
10 . The push pull cable apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the first diameter is smaller than the second diameter and wherein the first diameter is substantially similar to a second layer diameter.
11 . The push pull cable apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the center is inserted into the first counter bore.
12 . The push pull cable apparatus of claim 7 , wherein a portion of the core jacket is inserted into the second counter bore.
13 . A method of manufacturing a push pull cable connection, comprising:
providing a rod;
forming a first counter bore into the rod;
forming a second counter bore into the rod, wherein the second bore has a first diameter;
inserting a second layer into the first counter bore;
surrounding the second layer with a core jacket; and
removing a circumferential portion of the core jacket along a length of the core jacket wherein a remaining circumferential portion of the core jacket has a second diameter substantially similar to the first diameter.
14 . The method of claim 13 , further comprising the step of inserting the length of the core jacket into the second counter bore.
15 . The method of claim 13 , wherein a plurality of wires is disposed between the center and the core jacket.
16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the plurality of wires wraps around the center.
17 . The method of claim 13 , wherein a first diameter of the rod is substantially similar to a second diameter of the core jacket.
18 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the rod and the center are coaxial.
19 . A push pull cable connection system, comprising:
a first supporting means; and
a second supporting means disposed adjacent the first supporting means, wherein the first supporting means comprises a first diameter and the second supporting means comprises a second diameter, and wherein the first diameter and the second diameter are substantially similar.
20 . The push pull cable system of claim 19 , wherein the first supporting means and the second supporting means are coaxial.
21 . The push pull cable system of claim 19 , wherein the first supporting means is coupled to the second supporting means.
22 . The push pull cable system of claim 19 , wherein a portion of the second supporting means is inserted into the first supporting means.