Patent ID: 11892696
Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G

Claim 20:
21. A sealed enclosure including the cable sealant arrangement of claim 1, the sealed enclosure comprising:
a housing defining an opening; and
the cable sealant arrangement being positioned within the opening, the cable sealant arrangement engaging the housing to seal the opening, the sealant of the cable sealant arrangement including a block of gel defining a total gel volume, the cable sealant arrangement including at least first and second gel sections which coincide with at least a portion of the block of gel, the cable sealant arrangement including a cable pass-through location defined at an interface between the first and second gel sections, the first and second gel sections being configured to form seals about cables routed axially through the cable pass-through location, the block of gel having a first outer boundary corresponding to an outer shape of the block of gel when the block of gel is not sealing about cables, wherein open space is provided to accommodate deformation of the block of gel when the block of gel is pressurized while one or more cables are within the cable pass-through location, and wherein the open space has a volume that is at least 10 percent as large as the total gel volume;
wherein the open space is defined between tapered projections between which gel of the block of gel flows when the tapered projections are configured such that a cross-sectional area of the open space reduces as the gel flows into the open space, wherein the tapered projections have free ends at minor ends of the tapered projections and base ends at major ends of the tapered projections, and wherein the base ends of the tapered projections are formed with a plate.