Patent ID: 6621005
Filing Date: 2003-09-16
Classification: A61B,H01R,H05K

Abstract:
A hermetic cable sealing system comprising, in combination: a cap unit having a central bore therethrough and adapted to accept a video cable, said cap unit including:a rigid coupling member having an internally threaded first end and a second end, said coupling member second end having at least one rib extending radially outward, said coupling member first end having a larger diameter than said coupling member second end; an elongated flexible member having a first end and a second end, said flexible member first end having at least one internal slot for retaining said at least one rib of said coupling member, said flexible member being adapted to accept said coupling member second end, said flexible member first end having a larger diameter than said flexible member second end; a coupler fitting adapted to mate said cap unit to a head shell of a camera and having a central bore therethrough, said coupler fitting including: an externally threaded first end configured to mate with said head shell of said camera, said coupler fitting first end being adapted to accept a setscrew; a cable crimp being secured around said video cable and retained in said coupler fitting first end by said setscrew; an externally threaded second end configured to mate with said internally threaded coupling member first end of said cap unit; at least one quad ring in said coupler fitting second end and adapted to seal said coupler fitting second end with said coupling member first end of said cap unit; said coupling fitting first end having a smaller diameter than said coupling fitting second end; and at least one outer O-ring retained between said coupling fitting first end and said coupling fitting second end, said outer O-ring being adapted to seal said coupler fitting to said head shell of said camera.