Patents
US 12455035 B2: Pipe splitting apparatus with cable engagement system
- Granted
- 2025-10-28
- Filed
- 2021-09-17 application 17478503
- Type
- Utility · 8 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
Pipe splitting apparatuses and systems including a replaceable blade, and methods therefor. In various examples, a cable retention and release mechanism is configured to releasably engage a cable and includes one or more segments of a pipe splitting apparatus including a cable passage. A segmented collet includes tapered segments and is disposed within a tapered portion of a cable passage of the one or more segments. Channel surfaces of the tapered segments together form a cable channel through the segmented collet. The cable channel is configured to widen in a disengaged position of the segmented collet and narrow in an engaged position of the segmented collet. A spring is disposed within the spring pocket of the one or more segments to bias the segmented collet distally in the engaged position.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg251028.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TT Technologies, Inc. 105 patents | US company or organization | Aurora, IL | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Tjader | New Richmond, WI | 82 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| F16L | Pipes; joints or fittings for pipes; supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing; means for thermal insulation in general | F16L55/18 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-01-05 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | TJADER, MICHAEL signed 2010-12-16 | TT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AURORA, IL | 58556/413 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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