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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2000
Dennis Paul Dyer, Pleasant Garden, NC (US);
Alan David Tysinger, Lexington, NC (US);
Paul Joseph Elliot, Greensboro, NC (US);
General Dynamics Advanced Technology Systems, Inc., Greensboro, NC (US);
Abstract
A cable seal and method for sealing a cable termination is provided for sealing the passage of a cable into a cable-receiving structure. The seal includes a first plurality of o-rings disposed along a length of the cable adjacent the cable-receiving structure and a first length of heat-shrinkable tube which fits over the cable and o-rings for compressive engagement with the cable and o-rings to prevent moisture penetration between an inner surface of the first tube and the outer surface of the cable. A second plurality of o-rings is disposed over the first heat-shrinkable tube adjacent the first plurality of o-rings. A second length of heat-shrinkable tube fits over the second plurality of o-rings, the first heat-shrinkable tube, the first plurality of o-rings, the cable and a portion of the cable-receiving structure to prevent moisture penetration between an inner surface of the second tube and an outer surface of the cable-receiving structure and between the inner surface of the second tube and the outer surface of the cable.