Cable gland assembly
A cable gland assembly is disclosed that provides an environmental seal around one or more electronic cables that pass through the cable gland assembly and provides deflection-resistant properties that prevent deflection of the one or more electronic cables.
1 . A cable gland assembly, comprising:
a gland housing having a first side, a second side, and a space therethrough extending from and through the first side to and through the second side;
a compression gasket removably disposed in the second side of the cable gland housing, the compression gasket having one or more cable pathways extending therethrough and having a tapered portion between a front side and a rear side;
a strain relief cable grommet proximally disposed to the compression gasket and having one or more cable notches, an amount of cable notches matching an amount of cable pathways in the compression gasket; and
compression means to apply a compressive force to the strain relief cable grommet, the compression gasket, and the gland housing to secure the strain relief cable grommet and the compression gasket to the gland housing; and
wherein the compression means further applies pressure to force the tapered portion of the compression gasket into a portion of the gland housing to apply a radial force to the cable pathways extending through the compression gasket.
2 . The cable gland assembly as recited in claim 1 , wherein the compression gasket further comprises one or more cable access slits, each access slit being associated with a cable pathway and extending from a perimeter of the cable pathway to a perimeter of the compression gasket.
3 . The cable gland assembly as recited in claim 1 , further comprising securing means to secure the cable gland assembly to an enclosure.
4 . The cable gland assembly as recited in claim 3 , wherein the compression means further comprises:
inner threads disposed on the first side of the gland housing;
outer threads disposed on the second side of the gland housing; and
a compression nut that is disposable over the strain relief cable grommet and the compression gasket and securable to the inner threads.
5 . The cable gland assembly as recited in claim 1 , wherein the gland housing is substantially a cylinder, and the first side and the second side are located at opposite ends of the cylinder.
6 . The cable gland assembly as recited in claim 1 , wherein the strain relief cable grommet is composed of a material that does not become deformed when an electronic cable passing through a cable notch is deflected near the cable gland assembly.
7 . The cable gland assembly as recited in claim 1 , wherein the compression gasket is formed from a material that is deformable such that when compressive force is applied to the compression gasket, the compression gasket is deformed into the shape of the space in which it is disposed.
8 . The cable gland assembly as recited in claim 1 , wherein each of the cable pathways in the compression gasket are alignable with a respective cable notch in the strain relief cable grommet to form a continuous pathway for an electronic cable through the compression gasket and the strain relief cable grommet.
9 . A cable gland assembly, comprising:
a cylindrical housing section;
a sealing section further comprising means to form a compression seal around one or more electronic cables, and including a solid compression gasket that has a tapered portion extending from a first side to a second side wherein the tapered portion is insertable into a portion of the cylindrical housing section to apply a radial force to multiple cable pathways extending through the compression gasket;
a cable deflection resistant section disposable adjacent to the sealing section; and
wherein the cylindrical housing section, the sealing section, and the cable deflection resistant section releasably communicate to form an anti-deflection environmental seal around one or more electronic cables passing through the multiple cable pathways.
10 . The cable gland assembly as recited in claim 9 , further comprising securing means to secure the cable gland assembly to an enclosure wall.
11 . The cable gland assembly as recited in claim 10 , wherein the securing means further provide compression to cable gland assembly components to form the environmental seal around one or more electronic cables passing through the cable gland assembly.
12 . The cable gland assembly as recited in claim 9 , wherein the cable deflection resistant section further comprises a strain relief cable grommet that includes one or more cable notches extending inward from an outer perimeter of the strain relief cable grommet.
13 . The cable gland assembly as recited in claim 12 , wherein the strain relief cable grommet is disc shaped.
14 . The cable gland assembly as recited in claim 13 , wherein the strain relief cable grommet further comprises a body having a first section and a second section, the first section having a greater diameter than the second section.