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US 10,371,912 B2Granted
Re-enterable sealed enclosure
AssigneeCommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBA
InventorsPhilippe Coenegracht, Alexandre Caroline M. De Bie, Maddy Nadine Frederickx, Paul Joseph Claes, Geert Van Genechten, Mohamed Aznag, Diederik Houben, Patrick Jacques Ann Diepstraten
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an enclosure for housing telecommunications equipment. The enclosure can receive a pass-through cable a sealed locations. The enclosure includes structure that allows re-entry of the enclosure while reducing for reducing or preventing disturbance of the sealed locations.
Claims21
An enclosure comprising:
- a first housing piece defining a sealing unit mount;
- a second housing piece that mates with the first housing piece at a perimeter interface;
- a cable sealing unit that mounts within the sealing unit mount, the cable sealing unit including a gel arrangement;
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- a perimeter sealing gasket routed along the perimeter interface for sealing between the first and second housing pieces when the first and second housing pieces are mated together at the perimeter interface, the perimeter sealing gasket extending across the cable sealing unit and making contact with the gel arrangement of the cable sealing unit, and the perimeter sealing gasket preventing the gel arrangement from contacting the second housing piece;
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- wherein the first housing piece defines a channel for receiving the perimeter sealing gasket, and wherein the cable sealing unit includes a sealing unit frame supporting the gel arrangement, wherein the sealing unit frame includes a channel section that aligns with the channel and receives a segment of the perimeter sealing gasket, and wherein the gel arrangement includes pre-formed and pre-shaped gel including a channel portion that fits within the channel section of the cable sealing unit and that contacts the segment of the perimeter sealing gasket, the channel portion having a length that coincides with a length of the channel section such that the channel portion contacts the perimeter sealing gasket along the length of the channel section.
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An enclosure comprising:
- a first housing piece defining a sealing unit mount;
- a second housing piece that mates with the first housing piece at a perimeter interface;
- a cable sealing unit that mounts within the sealing unit mount, the cable sealing unit including a gel arrangement including first and second volumes of gel that meet at an interface boundary, the first and second volumes of gel being separable from one another at the interface boundary to allow a cable to be routed between the first and second volumes of gel;
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- a perimeter sealing gasket routed along the perimeter interface for sealing between the first and second housing pieces when the first and second housing pieces are mated together at the perimeter interface, the perimeter sealing gasket extending across the cable sealing unit and making contact with the gel arrangement of the cable sealing unit, and the perimeter sealing gasket preventing the gel arrangement from contacting the second housing piece;
- wherein the cable sealing unit includes a sealing unit frame having a first and second mating frame sections, wherein the first frame section supports the first volume of gel and the second frame section supports the second volume of gel, wherein the first and second mating frame sections cooperate to define at least one cable port in alignment with the interface boundary defined between the first and second volumes of gel;
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- wherein the enclosure defines a perimeter channel for receiving the perimeter sealing gasket, wherein a majority of the perimeter channel is defined by the first housing piece, wherein the first frame section defines a channel segment that forms a portion of the perimeter channel, and wherein the channel segment defines a channel volume that is in communication with the first volume of gel.
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An enclosure comprising:
- a first housing piece defining a sealing unit mount;
- a second housing piece that mates with the first housing piece at a perimeter interface;
- a cable sealing unit that mounts within the sealing unit mount, the cable sealing unit including a gel arrangement including first and second volumes of gel that meet at an interface boundary, the first and second volumes of gel being separable from one another at the interface boundary to allow a cable to be routed between the first and second volumes of gel;
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- a perimeter sealing gasket routed along the perimeter interface for sealing between the first and second housing pieces when the first and second housing pieces are mated together at the perimeter interface, the perimeter sealing gasket extending across the cable sealing unit and making contact with the gel arrangement of the cable sealing unit, and the perimeter sealing gasket preventing the gel arrangement from contacting the second housing piece;
- wherein the cable sealing unit includes a sealing unit frame having a frame section and first and second end pieces, wherein the frame section, the first end piece and the second end piece support the gel arrangement and cooperate to define at least one cable port in alignment with the interface boundary defined between the first and second volumes of gel;
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- wherein the enclosure defines a perimeter channel for receiving the perimeter sealing gasket, wherein a majority of the perimeter channel is defined by the first housing piece, wherein the frame section defines a channel segment that forms a portion of the perimeter channel, and wherein the channel segment defines a channel volume that is in communication with the first volume of gel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.