Enclosure for a cable connection
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorsWilliam V. Dower, Scott D. Turner, David M. Dupuis, James G. Wilder, Curtis L. Shoemaker
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to an enclosure for protecting a cable connection. The enclosure includes a sealing member contained within an inner shell. The sealing member is secured around the cable connection by slideably engaging a rigid outer shell over the inner shell. The inner shell has an external topography defining an inner shell profile and wherein the outer shell has an internal topography defining an outer shell profile such that the outer shell profile is similar to the inner shell profile.
Claims8
An enclosure for protecting a cable connection, the enclosure comprising:
- a sheet sealing member coated with a gel sealant attached to an inner shell along two longitudinal edges of the inner shell such that the sheet sealing member is contained within the inner shell when the inner shell is secured around the cable connection and a rigid outer shell that longitudinally slides over and engages with the inner shell,
- wherein the outer shell imparts a radial compressive load to the inner shell to press the sealing member into contact with the cable connection to create an environmental seal, and
- wherein the inner shell has an external topography defining an inner shell profile and wherein the outer shell has an internal topography defining an outer shell profile wherein the outer shell profile is similar to the inner shell profile.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.