High pressure splice housing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9557512-B2
Application number	US-201414780010-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 26, 2014
Priority date	Mar 26, 2013
Publication date	Jan 31, 2017
Grant date	Jan 31, 2017

Abstract

A pressure housing apparatus including a first cable termination shell, a housing connected to the first cable termination shell, a pressure vessel slide shell provided to the hollow housing, a cable termination assembly oriented within the housing, a plurality of pass through widows provided from the interior of the housing to the splice trays, and a plurality of circumferentially oriented splice trays provided to the cable termination assembly configured for receiving fiber tubes.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A pressure housing apparatus comprising:
a first cable termination shell;
a housing connected to said first cable termination shell;
a pressure vessel slide shell provided around said housing;
a cable termination assembly provided within said housing; and
an interior stand-off shell disposed between the pressure vessel slide shell and the housing, the interior stand-off shell comprising a circumferential array of slice trays and defining a circumferential array of pass-through windows, each pass-through window providing access from the cable termination assembly to one of the splice trays.

2. The pressure housing apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a second cable termination shell.

3. The pressure housing apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a flange provided on said first cable termination shell.

4. The pressure housing apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a pulling mechanism provided on said housing.

5. The pressure housing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the pressure vessel slide shell is cylindrical.

6. The pressure housing apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the pressure vessel slide shell is provided with a polyurethane, polyethylene, or other polymer type overmold.

7. The pressure housing apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
an outer layer of fiber tubes;
an inner layer of fiber tubes;
an outer armored wedge positioned within the cable termination shell;
an inner armored wedge;
an inner jacket seal and a plurality of o-rings;
a first layer cable jacket grip; and
wherein the plurality of fiber tubes are guided and secured in the plurality of splice trays.

8. The pressure housing apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the plurality of fiber tubes are sealed with Morrison seals.

9. The pressure housing apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the plurality fiber tubes are sealed with boot seals.

10. The pressure housing apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the plurality of fiber tubes are sealed with metal-to-metal swage.

11. The pressure housing apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the plurality of fiber tubes are sealed by a plurality of o-rings.

12. The pressure housing apparatus of claim 7 , further comprising a threaded collar provided to one end of the first cable termination shell.

13. The pressure housing apparatus of claim 7 , further comprising a flooding standoff spacer.

14. The pressure housing apparatus of claim 7 , further comprising a bolted flange provided on said housing and a pulling mechanism provided on said housing.

15. The pressure housing apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the housing is sealed by a plurality of o-rings.

16. The pressure housing apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the pulling mechanism is configured as an eyelet.

Assignees

• Afl Telecommunications Llc

Inventors

• Toth John
• Kimbrell Eddie
• Lichoulas Ted

Classifications

• G02B6/4427

  Pressure resistant cables, e.g. undersea cables · CPC title

• G02B6/4454

  with splices · CPC title

• G02B6/506 Primary

  Underwater installation · CPC title

• G02B6/44465

  Seals · CPC title

• G02B6/4428 Primary

  Penetrator systems in pressure-resistant devices · CPC title