US 12,113,342 B2
Re-enterable enclosure with environmental sealing
Barry Wayne Allen, Siler City, NC (US); William B. Bryan, Fuquay-Varina, NC (US); and Gail L. Joyner, Fuquay-Varina, NC (US)
Assigned to CommScope Technologies LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
Appl. No. 17/438,819
Filed by COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
PCT Filed Mar. 11, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/022078
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 13, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/185882, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0131355 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. H02G 3/08 (2006.01); G02B 6/44 (2006.01)
CPC H02G 3/088 (2013.01) [G02B 6/4441 (2013.01); H02G 3/083 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An enclosure comprising:
a housing including first and second housing pieces pivotally moveable relative to one another to move the housing between an open configuration and a closed configuration, the first and second housing pieces mating together and cooperating to define an interior of the housing when the housing is in the closed configuration, the interior of the housing being accessible when the housing is in the open configuration, the housing having a length, a width, and a depth, the first and second housing pieces each extending along the length of the housing and cooperating to define first and second ends of the housing separated by the length, the housing being elongate along the length, the first and second housing pieces each extending across the width of the housing, and the first and second housing pieces cooperating to define the depth of the housing;
a cable pass-through location provided at the first end of the housing for routing cables through the first end of the housing into the interior of the housing;
a sealant positioned at the cable pass-through location for sealing cables routed through the pass-through location, the sealant extending across the width of the housing, the sealant including a first volume of sealant carried by the first housing piece and a second volume of sealant carried by the second housing piece, the first and second volumes of sealant meeting at a sealing interface at least when the housing is in the closed configuration, wherein cables routed through the cable pass-through location are passed between the first and second volumes of sealant at the sealing interface; and
the housing including a hinge at the first end for allowing pivotal movement between the first and second housing pieces such that the housing can be moved between the open and closed configuration, the hinge including a pivot axis at the first end of the housing that extends across the width of the housing.