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Granted Patent B2
US 9,557,512 · App. 14/780,010 · Granted Jan 31, 2017

High pressure splice housing

Inventors: John Toth (Clermont, FL); Eddie Kimbrell (Dacula, GA); Ted Lichoulas (Simpsonville, SC)
Assignee: AFL Telecommunications LLC
G02B6/506G02B6/4427G02B6/4428G02B6/4454G02B6/4465G02B6/4471G02B6/4446
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Patent No.
US 9,557,512
App. No.
14/780,010
Granted
Jan 31, 2017
Kind
B2
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.

Claims (28)

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.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 25, 2015
From: TOTH, JOHN; KIMBRELL, EDDIE; LICHOULAS, TED
To: AFL TELECOMMUNICATIONS LLC
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Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 61805353 · Mar 26, 2013
Provisional Application 61805359 · Mar 26, 2013
Related Publication 20160054535A1 · Feb 25, 2016