Patent ID: 8899841

Claim:
A cable penetration assembly comprising: a cable interface for joining a cable to an end of a chamber housing defining a chamber; the cable comprising a cable core and at least one conductor issuing from an end of the cable core; a gland seal sealably enclosing the end of the cable and the at least one conductor issuing therefrom; a rigid housing disposed in the cable interface for sealably housing the gland seal and the at least one conductor, wherein the rigid housing is fixed relative to the end of the chamber housing; a housing end portion disposed between the gland seal and the chamber, wherein the housing end portion includes at least one through-bore for allowing the at least one conductor to enter the chamber and for pressure balancing the gland seal to the chamber; the gland seal having a posterior end, an anterior end, a posterior end portion extending from the posterior end, and an anterior end portion extending from the posterior end portion to the anterior end, a first bore extending from the posterior end through the posterior end portion and having an inner end, and at least one second bore of smaller diameter than the first bore extending from the inner end of the first bore to the anterior end of the gland seal; and the first bore being a stretch-fit over the end of the cable core and the second bore being a stretch fit over the at least one conductor issuing from the cable core.