Patent ID: 6194659
Filing Date: 2001-02-27
Classification: H02G

Abstract:
Cable entry device comprising a seat having an opening with an axis, said opening being adapted for the passage of a cable and an engagement portion, said engagement portion having an outside wall forwardly extending from said seat and an inside wall extending rearwardly from said outside wall, said engagement portion being made of relative rigid material and comprising plural elastically deformable jaws arranged circumferentially and separated from one another by slots, said slots extending along said inside and outside walls of said engagement portion and rearwardly at least as far as said mounting seat, said jaws being joined to a root area tangential to a circumference concentric with said opening, and a sealing member made of relatively flexible material and disposed transversely to said axis, said sealing member at least partially shutting off said opening and cooperable with a cable passing through said opening.