Patent ID: 7097486

Claim:
An electrical feedthrough device for passing a data communications path from an unprotected side of a structure to a protected side of the structure through an aperture in the structure, the device comprising: a base unit having a proximal end and a distal end; a cavity formed within the base unit, the cavity being configured and dimensioned for enclosing an electrical connection between a first electrical connector attached to a terminal end of a first cable and a second electrical connector attached to a terminal end of a second cable; a first passage located within the base unit and extending from an opening located on the proximal end of the base unit to the cavity; a second passage located within the base unit and extending from the cavity to an opening located on the distal end of the base unit; a cable sealing assembly located on the base unit for sealing against a cable passing into the first passage from the opening on the proximal end of the base unit; and a member located on the distal end of the base unit for removably mounting the base unit to the structure such that the second passage is in alignment with the aperture in the structure, the member comprising a male threaded extension, the male threaded extension being sized to fit through the aperture in the structure such that a nut is installable onto the male threaded extension from the protected side of the structure.