US 11,892,696 B2
Cable sealant arrangement with port size reducer
Johan Geens, Bunsbeek (BE); Philippe Coenegracht, Hasselt (BE); Pieter Doultremont, Kermt-Hasselt (BE); William B. Bryan, Fuquay-Varina, NC (US); William Alan Carrico, Raleigh, NC (US); Eddy Luc Cams, Bilzen (BE); Erik David Bishop, Fuquay-Varina, NC (US); Thomas Ross Marmon, Angier, NC (US); Bart Mattie Claessens, Hasselt (BE); Alan Armando Garcia Gonzalez, Chihuahua (MX); Roel Modest Willy Bryon, Kessel-Lo (BE); Roger Alaerts, Aarschot (BE); Conny Van De Velde, Herselt (BE); Jos Brants, Korbeek-lo (BE); El Moïz Mohammed Michel Ghammam, Brussels (BE); Jozef Christiaan Mathieu Versleegers, Bree (BE); Marc Eugène Willem Bervoets, Hasselt (BE); Barry Wayne Allen, Siler City, NC (US); and Maarten Aerts, Kessel-Lo (BE)
Assigned to CommScope Technologies LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
Filed by COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
Filed on Aug. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/892,811.
Application 17/892,811 is a continuation of application No. 16/969,890, granted, now 11,422,327, previously published as PCT/US2019/017904, filed on Feb. 13, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/630,155, filed on Feb. 13, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/661,574, filed on Apr. 23, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/683,931, filed on Jun. 12, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/698,053, filed on Jul. 14, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/748,039, filed on Oct. 19, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/804,597, filed on Feb. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0050734 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G02B 6/36 (2006.01); G02B 6/44 (2006.01); G02B 6/38 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/4444 (2013.01) [G02B 6/3897 (2013.01); G02B 6/4452 (2013.01)] 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cable sealant arrangement comprising:
first and second sealant axial containment structures that are axially fixed relative to one another;
sealant contained between the first and second sealant axial containment structures; and
removable port size reducers that mount to enlarged port locations of the first and second sealant axial containment structures, the removable port size reducers including volume occupying portions that extend between the first and second sealant axial containment structures when the removable port size reducers are mounted to the first and second sealant axial containment structures.