Enclosure for spliced multiconductor cable
First Claim
1. An enclosure for being secured about a splice connection of a pair of electrical cables and having opposed first and second cover members adapted to be secured to each other about the splice connection to define the enclosure therearound, said enclosure comprising a splice-receiving region between opposed ends of said enclosure, said first cover defining at least one routing channel extending to said splice-receiving region from a respective cable entrance at each of said opposed enclosure ends, said first cover including at least two embossments spaced inwardly from said enclosure ends and along said routing channel and extending inwardly from respective inner cover surfaces, and said embossments being so positioned to require that said cables inserted therealong must be bent sequentially at two spaced locations and toward opposite sides of said first cover to pass by said embossments during cable insertion to extend between respective said cable entrances and said splice-receiving region, said routing channel thereby being serpentine and said cables being bent around said embossments defining a cable strain relief.
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Abstract
An enclosure (400,500) having a pair of covers fastenable together to close about and seal a cable splice between end portions of a pair of multiconductor cables. At least one routing channel (418 or 420;528) is provided at a first end (406,506) and a single routing channel (424;536) at the second end (408,508), with a splice-receiving region (454) provided adjacent inner ends of the routing channels. Axially- and laterally-staggered outermost and innermost embossments are associated with each routing channel to establish an interruption in a linear path between the cable exits and a grounding region for the multiconductor shielded cables, so that the cables must be substantially bent to course around the embossments in serpentine fashion, defining cable strain relief. A partitioned region (552) in enclosure (500) accommodates receipt of a spliced connection of a pair of single-conductor coaxial cables into a linear routing channel bypassing the grounding region for multiconductor shielded cables.
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- 1. An enclosure for being secured about a splice connection of a pair of electrical cables and having opposed first and second cover members adapted to be secured to each other about the splice connection to define the enclosure therearound, said enclosure comprising a splice-receiving region between opposed ends of said enclosure, said first cover defining at least one routing channel extending to said splice-receiving region from a respective cable entrance at each of said opposed enclosure ends, said first cover including at least two embossments spaced inwardly from said enclosure ends and along said routing channel and extending inwardly from respective inner cover surfaces, and said embossments being so positioned to require that said cables inserted therealong must be bent sequentially at two spaced locations and toward opposite sides of said first cover to pass by said embossments during cable insertion to extend between respective said cable entrances and said splice-receiving region, said routing channel thereby being serpentine and said cables being bent around said embossments defining a cable strain relief.
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