Patent · US Expired

Cable closure

US5787219A · kind A · utility

100Cited by

4References

27Claims

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Thorsten Mueller · Reutlingen, DE
Andreas Guenther · Menden, DE
Rainer Zimmer · Breckerfeld, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 19, 1997
Grant date	Jul 28, 1998
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 19, 2017

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/4446
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A cable closure for receiving electrical or optical splices has a lower shell and a cover and at least one end face of the lower shell has a fixed part and a removable sealing part. The lead-in openings are formed in a separating plane or line between the fixed part and the sealing element, and the lower shell and cover are connected to each other along one side by a hinge and fastening elements are located on the opposite longitudinal side of the closure. The cable closure includes cable-clamping devices for the cable sheath and clamping devices for central elements of the optical fiber cables.

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