Commscope Connectivity Belgium Bvba

Commscope Technologies LLC

Tyco Electronics Raychem Bvba

Wouter Vandamme

Roel Modest Willy Bryon

Pieter Arthur Anna De Vos

Kristof Vastmans

Danny Willy August Verheyden

Gary William Adams

Matthew Peter Galla

Christiaan Radelet

Thierry Mike Declerck

Roel Modest Bryon

Pieter Arthur De Vos

Pieter De Vos

Disclosed herein are various cable gel seal arrangements and thermoplastic gels useful therein. The thermoplastic gels are prepared from a composition including a styrene triblock copolymer, a styrene diblock copolymer, an oil extender, and an additive selected from poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide), a C9 resin, poly(alpha-methylstyrene), a coumarone-indene resin, and combinations thereof, wherein the additive has a Tfrom about 95&#xb0; C. to about 200&#xb0; C. The thermoplastic gels advantageously exhibit low compression set.

Low compression set thermoplastic gel and cable gel seal arrangement

The present disclosure relates to a cable sealing device () for providing a seal around a communications cable (). The cable sealing device () includes a cable seal arrangement () positioned between first and second compression plates (F,R). The cable sealing device () also includes an actuator () for compressing the first and second compression plates (F,R) together to deform the cable sealing arrangement () such that the cable sealing arrangement () is adapted to form a seal about a cable () routed through the cable sealing device (). The actuator includes a cam lever () pivotally movable between an actuated position (P) and a non-actuated position (P). The actuator also includes a spring () for transferring load between the cam lever () and the first and second compression plates (F,R). The spring () is pre-loaded when the cam lever () is in the non-actuated position (P) (FIG.) with a pre-load equal to at least 50 percent of a total load applied through the spring () when the cam lever) is in the actuated position (P).

Cam lever actuated cable sealing device

A cable sealing device includes a cable seal arrangement positioned between first and second compression plates. The cable sealing device also includes an actuator for compressing the first and second compression plates together to deform the cable sealing arrangement such that the cable sealing arrangement is adapted to form a seal about a cable routed through the cable sealing device. The actuator includes a cam lever pivotally movable between an actuated position and a non-actuated position. The actuator also includes a spring for transferring load between the cam lever and the first and second compression plates. The spring is pre-loaded when the cam lever is in the non-actuated position with a pre-load equal to at least 50 percent of a total load applied through the spring when the cam lever is in the actuated position.

The present disclosure relates to a cable sealing device () for providing a seal about a cable (). The cable sealing device () includes a cable seal arrangement () that is pressurized to seal the cable (). The cable sealing device () includes an autonomous containment structure (F,R,) for laterally and axially containing the sealing arrangement (). The autonomous containment structure (F,R,) includes a moveable portion (F,R) that is moved to an actuated position to pressurize the cable seal arrangement (). The cable sealing device () also includes a retention mechanism () for retaining the moveable portion (F,R) in the actuated position. The autonomous containment structure (F,R,) further includes an autonomous perimeter casing () mounted over the sealing arrangement () for laterally containing the cable sealing arrangement () such that the cable sealing arrangement () remains pressurized when the moveable portion (F,R) is in the actuated position independent of whether the cable sealing device () is mounted within an enclosure (). The cable sealing device () has a wrap-around configuration for allowing a cable () to be laterally inserted into the cable sealing device ().

Cable sealing device having autonomous seal containment

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