US 12,235,501 B2
Fiber optic cable sealing device
Christiaan Radelet, Aarschot (BE); Kristof Vastmans, Kessel-Lo (BE); Jozef Christiaan Mathieu Versleegers, Bree (BE); Maarten Michiels, Veltem-Beisem (BE); Erwin Beckers, Werchter (BE); Frank De Blick, Tielt-Winge (BE); and Michael Maris, Paal (BE)
Assigned to COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
Filed by COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
Filed on Feb. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/167,252.
Application 18/167,252 is a continuation of application No. 17/278,190, granted, now 11,619,790, previously published as PCT/US2019/051885, filed on Sep. 19, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/861,877, filed on Jun. 14, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/734,353, filed on Sep. 21, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0314747 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. G02B 6/44 (2006.01); H02G 15/013 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/4444 (2013.01) [H02G 15/013 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cable sealing device comprising:
a cable sealing insert having a length, a width and a thickness, the cable sealing insert having first and second opposite ends separated by the length of the cable sealing insert, the first and second ends having end surfaces that extend along the width and the thickness of the cable sealing insert, the cable sealing insert also including first and second opposite sides separated by the width of the cable sealing insert, the first and second sides having side surfaces that extend along the length and the thickness of the cable sealing insert, the cable sealing insert also including major front and rear sides separated by the thickness of the cable sealing insert, the major front and rear sides respectively including front and rear surfaces that extend along the width and the length of the cable sealing insert, the side surfaces and the end surfaces defining a perimeter shape of the cable sealing insert, and the cable sealing insert defining at least one cable pass-through location for routing a cable through the thickness of the cable sealing insert; and
a removable liner that adheres to the first and second sides of the cable sealing insert for facilitating inserting the cable sealing insert into a pocket of an enclosure, wherein the liner is removed from the cable sealing insert after the cable sealing insert has been inserted into the pocket; wherein the liner is substantially disposed on an outer surface of the cable sealing insert between the cable sealing insert and the pocket.