Connector module with cable exit region gasket

A connector module comprising:

• a housing defined by a lower shell and an upper shell that mate at a seam, an interior chamber within the housing is formed between the lower and upper shells, each of the lower and upper shells including a cable exit segment, each cable exit segment having walls that engage the walls of the other cable exit segment at the seam to define a cable exit region that extends along a cable axis, inner surfaces of the cable exit segments together defining a passage through the cable exit region from the interior chamber to a cable opening, the inner surfaces being curved such that the passage has an elliptical cross-section along a plane perpendicular to the cable axis;
• and a gasket disposed in the cable exit segment of the lower shell, the gasket including a conductive sleeve that, in an uncompressed state, extends along a gasket axis between a first end and a second end, the gasket axis being transverse to the cable axis, the conductive sleeve surrounding a compressive layer, the conductive sleeve along an outer side of the gasket engaging the inner surface of the cable exit segment of the lower shell, the conductive sleeve along an inner side of the gasket configured to engage at least one cable received between the cable exit segments of the upper and lower shells, the inner side of the gasket defining a crease in a creased state, the crease extending along the cable axis, the at least one cable being received over the crease, the gasket bending at the crease at least partially around the at least one cable as the lower and upper shells are mated.

A connector module comprising:

• a housing defined by a first shell and a second shell that mate at a seam, an interior chamber within the housing being formed between the first and second shells, each of the first and second shells including a cable exit segment, each of the cable exit segments having was that engage the walls of the other cable exit segment at the seam to define a cable exit region that extends along a cable axis, inner surfaces or the cable exit segments together defining a passage from the interior chamber to a cable opening, the inner surfaces being curved such that the passage has an elliptical cross-section along a plane perpendicular to the cable axis;
• and first and second gaskets, the first gasket disposed in the cable exit segment of the first shell, the second gasket disposed in the cable exit segment of the second shell, each of the first and second gaskets including a conductive sleeve that, in an uncompressed state, extends along a gasket axis between a first end and a second end, the gasket axis being transverse to the cable axis, the first and second ends disposed proximate to the was of the corresponding cable exit segment, the conductive sleeve wrapping around a compressive layer at a front and a rear of the respective gasket, the conductive sleeve along an outer side of each gasket engaging the inner surface of the corresponding cable exit segment, the conductive sleeve along an inner side of each gasket configured to engage a cable received between the cable exit segments;
• wherein, as the first and second shells are mated, the first gasket is sandwiched in a compressed state between the cable and the cable exit segment of the first she and the second gasket is sandwiched in a compressed state between the cable and the cable exit segment of the second shell, the first and second gaskets at least partially sealing the passage between the cable and the cable exit segments.