Telecommunications enclosure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12200155-B2
Application number	US-202217880267-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 3, 2022
Priority date	Aug 4, 2021
Publication date	Jan 14, 2025
Grant date	Jan 14, 2025

Abstract

Provided herein are a telecommunications enclosure ( 1 ) and a method for coupling a cable ( 6 ) to a cable port ( 15 ) of the telecommunications enclosure ( 1 ). The base ( 10 ) comprises an outer structure ( 11 ) having an inner opening ( 12 ), and an inner assembly ( 130 ) comprising an inner structure ( 13 ), adapted to be removably inserted within the inner opening ( 12 ), and a plurality of sealing modules ( 14 ), each comprising a first part ( 14 a ) and a second part ( 14 b ). The outer structure ( 11 ) comprises a plurality of receiving portions ( 16 ) each having a recess ( 161 ) adapted to receive at least said first part ( 14 a ) of a respective sealing module ( 14 ) of the plurality of sealing modules ( 14 ). The base ( 10 ) is commutable between an assembled condition and a disassembled condition.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A telecommunications enclosure comprising:
a casing, defining an inner cavity for housing a telecommunications module, and
a base adapted to be removably coupled to the casing to close the casing, the base comprising:
an outer structure having an inner opening;
an inner assembly comprising an inner structure, adapted to be removably inserted within the inner opening of the outer structure, and
a plurality of sealing modules, each comprising a first part and a second part;
wherein the outer structure comprises a plurality of receiving portions each having a recess adapted to receive at least said first part of a respective sealing module of the plurality of sealing modules;
wherein the base is commutable between an assembled condition and a disassembled condition;
wherein in the assembled condition, the sealing modules, the inner structure and the outer structure are coupled to each other, the inner assembly is inserted within the inner opening of the outer structure and, for each sealing module, at least said first part is received in the respective recess, the second part is coupled to the inner structure and said first part and second part define a corresponding cable port;
wherein in the disassembled condition, at least part of the inner assembly is removed from the inner opening of the outer structure to enable insertion of a cable into the respective cable port;

and
wherein in both the assembled condition and disassembled condition, the plurality of receiving portions of the outer structure are connected to each other.

2. The telecommunications enclosure according to claim 1 , wherein, at least one of the outer structure and the inner structure is configured to circumferentially separate the sealing modules from each other at least in the assembled condition.

3. The telecommunications enclosure according to claim 1 , wherein in the disassembled condition of the base, the second part of at least one sealing module is either:
coupled to the outer structure and decoupled from the inner structure; or
decoupled from the outer structure and coupled to the inner structure; or
decoupled both from the outer structure and from the inner structure.

4. The telecommunications enclosure according to claim 1 , wherein in the disassembled condition of the base, the first part of at least one sealing module is either:
coupled to the outer structure and decoupled from the inner structure; or
decoupled from the outer structure and coupled to the inner structure; or
decoupled both from the outer structure and from the inner structure.

5. The telecommunications enclosure according to claim 1 , wherein the inner structure comprises a plurality of supporting portions, and in the assembled condition of the base, the second part of each sealing module is coupled to a respective supporting portion.

6. The telecommunications enclosure according to claim 5 , wherein the inner structure comprises a plurality of recesses formed in a peripheral region of the inner structure and defining said plurality of supporting portions, and wherein, in the assembled condition of the base, the second part of each sealing module is received in a respective recess of said plurality of recesses.

7. The telecommunications enclosure according to claim 1 , wherein the first part and the second part of each sealing module are made as a single piece comprising a single elastically deformable element defining the respective cable port.

8. The telecommunications enclosure according to claim 7 , wherein each single elastically deformable element has an access to allow the cable to enter the respective cable port.

9. The telecommunications enclosure according to claim 7 , wherein each single elastically deformable element has a through hole defining the respective cable port.

10. The telecommunications enclosure according to claim 8 , wherein the access of each single elastically deformable element is commutable between an open condition for entering of the cable into the respective cable port and a closed condition.

11. The telecommunications enclosure according to claim 10 , wherein the commutations of the access of each single elastically deformable element between the open condition and the closed condition and between the closed condition and the open condition are actuated through an elastic deformation of the access.

Assignees

• Prysmian Spa

Inventors

• Paddick Nathan
• Barnes Andrew

Classifications

• H05K7/186

  for supporting telecommunication equipment (selecting apparatus H04Q1/02) · CPC title

• H04M1/15

  Protecting or guiding telephone cords · CPC title

• H04M1/03

  Constructional features of telephone transmitters or receivers, e.g. telephone hand-sets · CPC title

• H02G15/013

  Sealing means for cable inlets (inlets for cables filled with, or surrounded by, gas or oil H02G15/32) · CPC title

• H04M1/0293 Primary

  Terminal boxes for telephone sets · CPC title