US 12,265,271 B2
Gasket for a sealed optical fiber terminal
John P. Hill, Oak Grove, MN (US); William J. Cruzen, Monticello, MN (US); David Joseph Johnsen, Plymouth, MN (US); Daniel J. Johnson, Blaine, MN (US); Randy T. VanHorn, Princeton, MN (US); Brian K. Larson, Andover, MN (US); and Timothy John Kjolsing, Chaska, MN (US)
Assigned to Clearfield, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed by Clearfield, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed on Apr. 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/295,572.
Application 18/295,572 is a division of application No. 17/144,369, filed on Jan. 8, 2021, granted, now 11,635,577.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/958,536, filed on Jan. 8, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0251446 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
Int. Cl. G02B 6/44 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/4444 (2013.01) [G02B 6/4471 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A gasket for a sealed terminal of a housing, the gasket comprising:
a rectangular shape forming a perimeter around an opening; and
a cross-sectional shape comprising:
a first surface comprising a plurality of protrusions configured to be inserted into corresponding apertures of a faceplate of the housing, wherein at least the first surface is configured to mate to the faceplate;
a beveled second surface comprising an outer edge and a sloped surface, wherein the sloped surface is directly connected to the outer edge and the outer edge is directly connected to the first surface at a first end of the beveled second surface and the sloped surface slopes upward therefrom; and
a stepped flange connecting a second end of the beveled second surface to the first surface.