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US 2011/0033157 A1Published application
Telecommunications cable inlet device
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorPatrick Drouard
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Abstract
An inlet device is described herein for inserting a telecommunication cable into a telecommunications enclosure. An exemplary inlet device comprises a housing, and a compression member. The housing can include a compressible portion at the second end of the housing and a securing zone adjacent to the first end of the housing. The securing zone can include a plurality of deformable locking elements which protrude from opposite sides of the housing to lock the inlet device in a close fitting port of a telecommunication enclosure.
Claims12
An inlet device to be fitted to a communication cable, the device comprising:
- a housing having a first end and a second end, wherein the housing includes a compressible portion at the second end of the housing and a securing zone adjacent to the first end of the housing to secure the inlet device in a close fitting port of a telecommunication enclosure, and wherein the securing zone includes a plurality of deformable locking elements which protrude from opposite sides of the housing;
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- a compression member,
- wherein the deformable locking elements do not protrude beyond an external surface of the housing when depressed to allow removal of the inlet device from close fitting port of a telecommunication enclosure.
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