Patent ID: 7477826

Claim:
A cable sealing assembly for providing an environmental seal about a cable, the assembly comprising: a housing including first and second housing parts, the first housing part defining a cable passage to receive a cable having a lengthwise cable axis; a flowable cable sealant disposed in the cable passage; and a compression feature forming at least a part of the second housing part and movable in an installation direction between a ready position and an installed position; wherein the compression feature is shaped and configured to force the cable sealant to flow about the cable in a direction transverse to the cable axis to circumferentially surround a portion of the cable when the compression feature is moved from the ready position to the installed position; and wherein the compression feature, when moved from the ready position to the installed position in the installation direction, applies a compressive load to the cable sealant in each of: a first direction generally toward the cable, substantially parallel to the installation direction and substantially perpendicular to the cable axis; a second direction generally toward the cable, transverse to the cable axis and transverse to the first direction; and a third direction generally toward the cable, transverse to the cable axis, transverse to the first direction, and generally opposing the second direction.