Holdout devices and cover assemblies and methods incorporating the same
AssigneeTyco Electronics Corporation
InventorsSherif Kamel, Mahmoud Seraj, George Pullium
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Abstract
The resilient sleeve member defines an axially extending inner passage. The holdout device includes a core mounted in the inner passage of the sleeve member. The core defines a core passage to receive the elongate substrate and has at least first and second sections. The first and second sections are arranged in a supporting position such that the core maintains the sleeve member in a radially expanded condition. The first and second sections are arranged for relative telescoping movement from the supporting position to a releasing position to permit at least a portion of the sleeve member to radially contract from the radially expanded position to a radially recovered position.
Claims20
A cover assembly for covering an elongate substrate, the cover assembly comprising:
- a resilient sleeve member defining an axially extending inner passage;
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- a holdout device including a core mounted in the inner passage of the sleeve member, the core defining a core passage to receive the elongate substrate and having at least first and second sections, the first and second sections being arranged in a supporting position such that the core maintains the sleeve member in a radially expanded condition, wherein the first and second sections are arranged for relative telescoping movement from the supporting position to a releasing position to permit at least a portion of the sleeve member to radially contract from the radially expanded position to a radially recovered position.
A holdout device for applying a resilient sleeve member onto an elongate substrate, the sleeve member defining an axially extending inner passage, the holdout device comprising:
- a core adapted to be mounted in the inner passage of the sleeve member, the core defining a core passage to receive the elongate substrate and having at least first and second sections, the first and second sections being arranged in a supporting position such that, when the core is mounted in the sleeve member, the core maintains the sleeve member in a radially expanded condition, wherein the first and second sections are arranged for relative telescoping movement from the supporting position to a releasing position to permit at least a portion of the sleeve member to radially contract from the radially expanded position to a radially recovered position.
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