Te Connectivity Corporation

Alexander R Czibur

Mahmoud Kabir Seraj

Harry George Yaworski

Kathryn Marie Maher

Timothy J McLaughlin

Ganpathy Iyer

A link box includes a housing that defines an enclosure, an electrical connector within the enclosure, an aperture formed through a wall of the housing, and a cable entry seal secured to the housing at the aperture. The cable entry seal receives a cable inserted into the housing for connection to the electrical connector. The cable entry seal includes first and second parts that are removably secured together. The first part includes a flange and an externally-threaded portion that extends outwardly from the flange. The externally-threaded portion is inserted through the aperture from within the enclosure such that the flange abuts an internal surface of the wall. The second part includes an internally-threaded body and a seal conduit that extends outwardly from the internally-threaded body. The internally-threaded body is threadingly engaged with the externally-threaded portion of the first part and the seal conduit surrounds and seals the cable.

Link box with removable cable entry seals

A seal system for an oil-filled cable termination including a cable extending through each of a cable gland and a stress cone that is spaced apart from the cable gland. The seal system includes: a first oil seal layer surrounding the cable between the cable gland and the stress cone; a second oil seal layer overlapping and contacting the first oil seal layer; a first oil barrier layer overlapping and contacting an upper portion of the second oil seal layer; a second oil barrier layer overlapping and contacting a lower portion of the second oil seal layer, the second oil barrier layer spaced apart from the first oil barrier layer; and a heat shrinkable tube secured around the first and second oil barrier layers.

Seal systems for oil-filled cable terminations and assemblies and methods including the same

A pre-expanded breakout boot assembly includes a breakout boot assembly including an elastomeric breakout boot and plurality of finger sealant layers of a flowable conformable medium. The breakout boot includes a tubular main section and a plurality of tubular fingers extending from an end of the main section. Each of the finger sealant layers is pre-mounted on an interior surface of a respective one of the fingers. Each of the finger holdouts is removably mounted in the finger passage of a respective one of the fingers. When the pre-expanded breakout boot assembly is positioned on the cable joint with a cable extending through each finger passage, the finger holdouts are removed from the breakout boot assembly, and each finger elastically radially contracts about a respective one of the cables, each finger sealant layer is radially interposed between each of the interior surface of the finger and the cable in the finger.

Breakout boot assemblies and methods for covering electrical cables and connections

An assembly for use with an oil-filled cable termination includes a cable gland, a cable received in the cable gland, a stress cone received around the cable and spaced apart from the cable gland, and a seal system around the cable between the cable gland and the stress cone. The seal system includes: a first oil seal layer surrounding an upper portion of the cable gland and a portion of the cable between the cable gland and the stress cone, with the first oil seal layer being spaced apart from the stress cone; a second oil seal layer surrounding the first oil seal layer and extending between the cable gland and the stress cone; and a third oil seal layer surrounding the second oil seal layer and extending between the cable gland and the stress cone.

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Fuquay-Varina, NC, United States of America

Alexander R Czibur