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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 1978
Filed:
Aug. 29, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
George J Lawrence, North Kingston, RI (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, New York, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3391 / ; 339 / ; 339 / ;
Abstract
A seal for a cable connector is provided. The seal is made between a cable extending into an oversize cable clamp housing and the housing itself. The sealing element itself is a generally annular ring of yieldable material such as polymer foam. The sealing element preferably includes three generally triangular sectors some surfaces of which are preferably curved and the sectors are interconnected by webs formed integrally with the sectors. The annular sealing element extends generally about a cable extending into the housing.