US 12,256,510 B2
Sealing system for telecommunication closures
Marta Eliza Gaudynska, Lodz (PL); Przemyslaw Andrzej Kukian, Łódź (PL); and Marcin Kusmierek, Lodz (PL)
Assigned to CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Corning, NY (US)
Filed by Corning Research & Development Corporation, Corning, NY (US)
Filed on Sep. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/957,550.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/250,753, filed on Sep. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0100339 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. H05K 5/03 (2006.01); H05K 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 5/0247 (2013.01) [H05K 5/03 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sealing system for a telecommunication closure, comprising:
an endcap having a plurality of slotted areas defined therein, the plurality of slotted areas each defining a plurality of elongated notches; and
a plurality of sealing segment assemblies mounted to the endcap that when combined form a substantially continuous sealing perimeter around the endcap, wherein each sealing segment assembly is disposed in one of the plurality of slotted areas and comprises:
an inner segment and an outer segment that when mated together are configured to seal at least one cable routed through a cable port opening; and
mating elements disposed within the plurality elongated notches, wherein the plurality of elongate notches extend in a direction parallel to an axial direction of the cable port opening.