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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2009
Applicant:
Patrick Drouard, Pontchateau, FR;
Inventor:
Patrick Drouard, Pontchateau, FR;
Assignee:
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/36 (2006.01); G02B 6/46 (2006.01); H02G 3/18 (2006.01); H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H01R 33/945 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An inlet device is described herein for inserting a telecommunication cable into a telecommunications enclosure. An exemplary inlet device comprises a housing, and a compression member. The housing can include a compressible portion at the second end of the housing and a securing zone adjacent to the first end of the housing. The securing zone can include a plurality of deformable locking elements which protrude from opposite sides of the housing to lock the inlet device in a close fitting port of a telecommunication enclosure.