Patent ID: 6455779
Filing Date: 2002-09-24
Classification: H01R,H02G,Y10S

Abstract:
A protective cover for a cable connector, said connector being affixed to an end of a cable and having an outside diameter greater than an outside diameter of said cable, said cover comprising:an outer elongated annular sleeve formed from a material expandable by contact with an expanding chemical and shrinkable upon removal of said contact with said chemical; an inner elongated annular sleeve formed from a material expandable by contact with an expanding chemical and shrinkable upon removal of said contact with said chemical, said inner elongated annular sleeve disposed within said outer sleeve; said cover with said sleeves in chemically expanded state being moveable into disposition covering said connector and a portion of said cable attached thereto, with said inner sleeve covering at least said portion of said cable but not said connector; whereby when said cover is so disposed over said connector and said portion of said cable and removed from contact with said chemical, said chemical evaporates from said sleeves and said sleeves thereupon shrink to diameters wherein wall thickness of said inner sleeve fills the space between the outside diameters of said connector and said attached portion of said cable sufficiently to permit shrinkage of said outer sleeve to form a tightly fitted and substantially immovable covering secured around said connector and at least a portion of said inner sleeve, thereby preventing said connector from coming into contact with adverse ambient components.