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Granted Patent B2
US 9,862,566 · App. 15/433,789 · Granted Jan 9, 2018

Method of installing cable on cable reel

Inventors: Rakesh Thakare (Danville, VA); Caichun Song (Changzhou, CN); Phillip Stanley Bowen (Chatham, VA); Marvin Bryant (Chatham, VA); Paul Richard Boucher (Callands, VA); Barry Holt (Ottawa, CA)
Assignee: Amphenol Corporation
B65H75/22B65H49/305B65H49/32B65H75/14B65H75/245B65H75/30
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,862,566
App. No.
15/433,789
Granted
Jan 9, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method of installing cable on a cable reel that has the steps of providing a cable reel that includes first and second opposing flanges, the first flange having a first hub portion and the second flange having a second hub portion, the first hub portion being longer than the second hub portion, the first hub portion having a plurality of flexible segments; placing a cable coil over the first hub portion and on the first flange so that the first hub portion extends through the cable coil; and inserting the second hub portion inside of the first hub portion, thereby expanding the flexible segments so that flexible segments engage the cable coil.

Claims (8)

1. A method of installing cable on a cable reel, comprising the steps of:

providing a cable reel that includes first and second opposing flanges, the first flange having a first hub portion and the second flange having a second hub portion, the first hub portion being longer than the second hub portion, the first hub portion having a plurality of flexible segments;

placing a cable coil over the first hub portion and on the first flange so that the first hub portion extends through the cable coil; and

inserting the second hub portion inside of the first hub portion, thereby expanding the flexible segments so that flexible segments engage the cable coil.

2. A method according to claim 1 , further comprising the step of snap engaging the first and second flanges.

3. A method according to claim 2 , further comprising the steps of:

providing first and second support flanges; and

rotatably coupling the first and second flanges to the first and second support frames, respectively.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 19, 2022
From: AMPHENOL CORPORATION
To: TIMES FIBER COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Reel/Frame 059641/0664 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 12, 2021
From: THAKARE, RAKESH; BOWEN, PHILLIP STANLEY; BRYANT, MARVIN; BOUCHER, PAUL RICHARD
To: AMPHENOL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057161/0517 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2017
From: SONG, CAICHUN; HOLT, BARRY
To: AMPHENOL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 041420/0762 →
Continuity (2)
Division 14634007 · Feb 27, 2015
Related Publication 20170158454A1 · Jun 8, 2017