Cable enclosure
AssigneeTyco Electronics Raychem GmbH
InventorsJens Hofmann, Herbert Schumacher
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An enclosure for mounting on a substrate, comprising a rigid tubular support member (4) and a revolvable elastic sleeve (6) having a double wall enclosing lubricant (14) sealed therein, wherein the sleeve is mounted on the support member in an expanded state with a portion of the inner wall of the sleeve secured (16) to the support member so that the sleeve can be revolved over the end of the support member to contract elastically to a less expanded state while retaining a portion of the sleeve on the support.
Claims10
An enclosure for mounting on a substrate, comprising a rigid tubular support member and a revolvable elastic sleeve having a double wall enclosing lubricant sealed therein, wherein the sleeve is mounted on the support member in an expanded state with a portion of the inner wall of the sleeve secured to the support member so that the sleeve can be revolved over the end of the support member to contract elastically to a less expanded state while retaining a portion of the sleeve on the support.
An enclosure according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the or each sleeve is secured to the support member by adhesive.
An enclosure according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the or each sleeve is secured to the support member by a clamping means.
An enclosure according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the support member is made of a plastics material.
An arrangement comprising a substrate located within an enclosure according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the or each sleeve has been revolved along the support member and contracted onto the substrate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.