Shock-absorbing cable anchor for mobile equipment

Claim 1

A cable anchor or support for supporting an electrical cable connected with mobile equipment, comprising: a sleeve having first and second open ends and a slot extending longitudinally completely across one side thereof, said sleeve being tapered from the first end to the second end and being larger in width at the second end than the first end, said sleeve comprising a sheet metal member bent to define the open ended slotted structure; a generally triangularly shaped wedge formed of a solid, metallic body shaped complementally to the sleeve and being insertable lengthwise into the sleeve and entirely received therein through the second open end thereof into a position between opposite flights of a cable loop inserted into the sleeve through the slot thereof for wedging opposite flights of the cable against opposite inner edge portions of the sleeve, whereby the cable is supported with a bight portion thereof projecting out of the second open end of the sleeve and the ends of the cable projecting out of the first open end of the sleeve, said wedge having a peripheral groove for contact with the cable; spring means connected between the second end of the sleeve and a fixed anchor point; and a stirrup fixed to the sleeve at the second end thereof, said spring means connected with the stirrup.