Telecommunications Enclosure With Modular Cable Port Sealing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing telecommunications enclosures face challenges in efficiently coupling cables to cable ports, especially in cramped locations, due to complex sealing systems and the need for extensive pressurization, which complicates maintenance and increases costs.
Innovation Solution
A telecommunications enclosure design featuring a base with removable inner and outer structures and modular sealing elements, allowing for easy access and replacement of cable ports without disturbing the entire sealing system, enabling radial insertion of cables and reducing the complexity of pressurization.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a complex pressurized gel sealing system is used to seal cable entry locations, then sealing effectiveness is improved, but device complexity and maintenance difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The base is divided into an outer structure and a removable inner assembly, allowing the sealing system to be segmented into modular components. The inner assembly containing cable ports can be independently removed and replaced without affecting the outer sealing structure, simplifying maintenance while maintaining sealing effectiveness.
Solution Approach 2:
The inner assembly with cable ports is extracted as a separate removable component from the base. This allows the sealing function to be maintained in the fixed outer structure while the inner assembly can be easily removed for cable installation and maintenance, reducing overall system complexity.
2Ease of operation
If a removable inner assembly design is used to simplify cable port access, then ease of operation is improved, but structural rigidity may be reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The inner assembly is nested within the outer structure of the base. This nested design allows the inner assembly to be removable for cable access while the outer structure maintains the overall structural rigidity and sealing integrity of the base.
3Ease of repair
If modular sealing elements are used to enable individual replacement, then ease of repair is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The base is segmented into a fixed outer structure and a removable inner assembly, creating a simple modular design that enables easy replacement of cable ports while minimizing overall structural complexity.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Facilitates easier and more efficient cable coupling and maintenance, improves structural rigidity, and reduces operational complexity and costs by allowing access to cable ports from within the enclosure and enabling individual module replacement.
Implementation Method 1
The gel sealing unit includes a gel sealing block that mounts within an actuator
Implementation Method 2
the actuator is adapted to axially compress the gel sealing block to provide sealing
Implementation Method 3
The gel sealing modules are individually and separately removable from between inner and outer pressurization structures of the actuator
Data Source
AI summary
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 (14a) and a second part (14b). The outer structure (11) comprises a plurality of receiving portions (16) each having a recess (161) adapted to receive at least said first part (14a) 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.