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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2011
John W. Ayres, Iii, Cumming, GA (US);
Grant J. Kruse, Owens Cross Roads, AL (US);
Jacob D. Mccleary, Harvest, AL (US);
John W. Ayres, III, Cumming, GA (US);
Grant J. Kruse, Owens Cross Roads, AL (US);
Jacob D. McCleary, Harvest, AL (US);
Adtran, Inc., Huntsville, AL (US);
Abstract
Signals entering outside plant (OSP) telecommunications enclosures typically do so through weather tight connectors, with one connector mounted to the enclosure and a mating connector connected to a cable bringing the signals to the OSP housing. Such connectors are expensive and require extensive effort to connect the wires of a cable bundle to the connectors. These problems are avoided by allowing cables pre-installed with a cable seal and pre-terminated to cable connectors to pass through an opening in the wall of an OSP housing and seal the cable bundle to the housing to prevent the ingress of environmental elements into the housing through the opening. This permits easier installation and retrofitting of electronic equipment contained within the housing.