Patent ID: 8247708

Claim:
An outside plant telecommunications housing having a housing wall and forming an enclosure, a printed circuit board supported within a first portion of the enclosure and a second remaining portion forming a cable storage area to store accumulated cable, and further comprising an opening at the cable storage area for allowing a bundle of communications conductors pre-terminated with one or more end connectors to pass through a wall of the housing and secured onto said printed circuit board, and a cable seal for attaching to said opening to seal said bundle of communications cables to said housing to prevent the ingress of environmental elements into the housing through said opening, and further comprising a first nut that secures the cable seal to the housing at the opening and a sealing ring secured by the first nut to seal the bundle of communications connectors at the housing in a watertight manner, and further comprising a second nut configured to aid in securing the cable seal to the housing.