3m Innovative Properties Company

David M Dupuis

William Vogel Dower

James G Wilder

Curtis L Shoemaker

Scott D Turner

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 outer shell has an opening extending along its entire length on one side to permit clearance and insertion of a connected cable to be inserted into the outer shell.

Enclosure for a cable connection

The present invention is directed to an enclosure for protecting a cable connection. The enclosure includes an unsupported sheet sealing member contained within an inner shell and an exoskeleton. The inner shell defines a central axis for the enclosure. The sheet sealing member is attached along two longitudinal edges of the inner shell and wherein the rigid exoskeleton is configured to snap onto the inner shell in a direction transverse to the central axis to secure the enclosure around the cable connection.

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.

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Austin, TX, United States of America

David M Dupuis