Cover for cable connectors
AssigneeJohn Mezzalingua Associates, Inc.
InventorNoah Montena
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Abstract
A cover/boot and a system of covers/boots for placement in sealed relation over a connector or pair of connectors that is or are adapted to terminate a cable or splice together a pair of cables, preferably cables that carry signals received by a receiving apparatus on a cell tower. The covers include a cable end that sealingly receives a cable therein, an elongated body that provides secure cover to a cable connector, and an end that abuts a bulkhead or sealingly engages with a second cover when used in a splicing application.
Claims27
A cover for a connector adapted to terminate a cable, wherein the connector includes a body portion and a coupling element and is adapted to terminate in a bulkhead with a shank portion extending outwardly therefrom, said cover comprising:
- a. an elongated body member having cable and bulkhead ends, interior and exterior surfaces, said elongated body extending along a longitudinal axis;
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- b. wherein said interior surface includes a first region adapted to cover at least a portion of the signal carrying cable and extending from said cable end to a first shoulder, said first region being of a minimum, first cross-sectional diameter, a second region adapted to cover at least the connector body portion and coupling element and that extends from said first shoulder to a second shoulder, said second region being of an minimum, second cross-sectional diameter that is greater than said minimum, first cross-sectional diameter, and a third region adapted to cover the shank portion and that extends from said second shoulder to said bulkhead end, said third region being of a minimum, third cross-sectional diameter that is greater than said minimum, second cross-sectional diameter.
A cover for a connector adapted to terminate a cable, wherein the connector includes a body portion and a coupling element and is adapted to terminate in a bulkhead having a shank portion extending outwardly therefrom, said cover comprising:
- a. an elongated body member having cable and bulkhead ends, interior and exterior surfaces, said elongated body extending along a longitudinal axis;
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- b. wherein said interior surface includes a first region adapted to cover at least a portion of the signal carrying cable and extending from said cable end to a first shoulder, said first region being of a minimum, first cross-sectional diameter, a second region adapted to cover at least the connector body portion and that extends from said first shoulder to a second shoulder, said second region being of an minimum, second cross-sectional diameter that is greater than said minimum, first cross-sectional diameter, a third region adapted to cover at least the coupling element and extending from said second shoulder to a third shoulder, said third region being of a minimum, third cross-sectional diameter that is larger than said second cross-sectional diameter, and a fourth region adapted to cover the shank portion and that extends from said third shoulder to said bulkhead end, said fourth region being of a minimum, fourth cross-sectional diameter that is greater than said minimum, third cross-sectional diameter.
A cover for a connector adapted to terminate a signal carrying cable, wherein the connector includes a body portion and coupling element, said cover comprising:
- a. an elongated body member having cable and bulkhead ends, interior and exterior surfaces and extending along a longitudinal axis;
- b. a plurality of spaced apart grooves formed in a predetermined region of said interior surface of said body member, proximate said cable end;
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- c. wherein said interior surface of said body member is adapted to sealingly engage the connector in an area proximate said bulkhead end.
A system for covering a first connector adapted to terminate a first cable, and further covering a second connector adapted to terminate a second cable, said system comprising:
- a. a first elongated body member comprising cable and splice ends, interior and exterior surfaces, and extending along a longitudinal axis, said first elongated body being adapted to envelop at least a portion of the first connector;
- b. a second elongated body adapted to telescopically engage said first elongated body member in enveloping relation to the second connector, said second elongated body member comprising cable and splice ends, interior and exterior surfaces, and adapted to extend co-axially from said first body member when engaged therewith, said second elongated body being adapted to envelop at least a portion of the second connector;
- c. wherein a portion of said first elongated body is adapted to be positioned between said interior surface of said first elongated body member and the first connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.