Connector cover
AssigneeCommScope Technologies LLC
InventorRonald Alan Vaccaro
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Abstract
A seal for a cable and connector interconnection includes a unitary elastic primary body with a primary bore therethrough. The primary bore is provided with a primary cable outer diameter seal portion at a cable end, the cable outer diameter seal portion adjacent a primary connector cavity portion, the primary connector cavity portion adjacent a coupling nut cavity portion, and the coupling nut cavity portion adjacent a connector neck seal portion at a connector end. The coupling nut cavity portion is longitudinally aligned with a coupling nut of the connector and is provided with a greater inner diameter than the cable outer diameter seal portion and the connector neck seal portion.
Claims19
A seal for a cable and connector interconnection, comprising:
- a unitary elastic primary body with a primary bore therethrough;
- the primary bore provided with a primary cable outer diameter seal portion at a cable end, the cable outer diameter seal portion adjacent a primary connector cavity portion, the primary connector cavity portion adjacent a coupling nut cavity portion, and the coupling nut cavity portion adjacent a connector neck seal portion at a connector end;
- the coupling nut cavity portion longitudinally aligned with a coupling nut of the connector and provided with a greater inner diameter than the connector neck seal portion;
- the primary body is self supporting, maintaining a dimension of the primary cable outer diameter seal portion, the primary connector cavity portion and the coupling nut cavity portion prior to installation.
A method for manufacturing a seal for a cable and connector interconnection, comprising the steps of:
- forming a unitary elastic primary body with a primary bore therethrough;
- the primary bore provided with a primary cable outer diameter seal portion at a cable end, the cable outer diameter seal portion adjacent a primary connector cavity portion, the primary connector cavity portion adjacent a coupling nut cavity portion, and the coupling nut cavity portion adjacent a connector neck seal portion at a connector end;
- the coupling nut cavity portion longitudinally aligned with a coupling nut of the connector and provided with a greater inner diameter than the connector neck seal portion;
- the primary body is self supporting, maintaining a dimension of the primary cable outer diameter seal portion, the primary connector cavity portion and the coupling nut cavity portion prior to installation.
A method for sealing an interconnection between a cable terminated by a primary connector and a secondary connector, comprising the steps of:
- providing a unitary elastic primary body with a primary bore therethrough;
- the primary bore provided with a primary cable outer diameter seal portion at a cable end, the cable outer diameter seal portion adjacent a primary connector cavity portion, the primary connector cavity portion adjacent a coupling nut cavity portion, and the coupling nut cavity portion adjacent a connector neck seal portion at a connector end;
- inserting the cable and primary connector through the primary bore and interconnecting the primary and secondary connector;
- longitudinally aligning the coupling nut cavity portion over a coupling nut of the primary connector whereby the cable outer diameter seal portion seals against an outer diameter of the cable and the connector neck seal portion extends inward from the diameter of the coupling nut and seals against a neck of the second connector;
- the primary body is self supporting, maintaining a dimension of the primary cable outer diameter seal portion, the primary connector cavity portion and the coupling nut cavity portion prior to installation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.