Cable closure

A cable closure, comprising:

• a housing that delimits an interior of the cable closure and seals off the cable closure toward the outside, the housing being formed by a covering body that comprises shells and cable insertion regions provided on mutually opposite sides of the shells for inserting cables into the interior of the cable closure and/or for passing cables out of the interior of the cable closure;
• compressible and/or deformable sealing elements positioned at the mutually opposite sides of the covering body in the region of the cable insertion regions of the shells;
• and
• a closing mechanism configured to lock the shells together in a closed status of the cable closure, wherein the shells are hinged together at first sides so that the shells can be pivoted relative to each other when opening and closing the cable closure, and wherein the closing mechanism can be used to lock the shells to each other at second sides of the shells when the shells are in the closed position, the closing mechanism comprising at least one locking segment having a locking latch and a latch support;
• wherein:
• the latch support is with a first end section pivotably attached to a first one of the shells and with a second end section pivotably attached to the locking latch;
• a first set of the plurality of support ribs of the latch support at least partially define the first end section of the latch support;
• a second set of the plurality of support ribs at least partially define the second end section of the latch support;
• the locking latch comprises a plurality of slots in which the second set of support ribs are received;
• the locking latch has a first end section acting together with a second one of the shells when closing and opening the cable closure;
• the locking latch has a second end section serving as an actuating handle for closing and opening the cable closure;
• the second shell comprises an outer surface between the first and second sides of the second shell and one or more openings extending from the outer surface to the interior of the cable closure so that gel may be inserted through the one or more openings into the interior of the cable closure, the one or more openings at least partially defining one or more gel compartments;
• the latch support comprises an elongate body extending in a longitudinal direction and a plurality of support ribs projecting from the elongate body in a transverse direction;
• and
• the number of support ribs per unit length of the latch support in the longitudinal direction is greater in a section of the latch support that is aligned in a transverse direction with the one or more openings in the second shell of the covering body.