>
> On Mar 2, 2009, at 3:25 PM, Brent Brown wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm looking for a production suitable method of getting USB cables  
> into a sealed
> enclosure, IP65 or thereabouts. Cables are required to be installed  
> in the field - at
> least once in the lifetime of the equipment, but are seldom removed.  
> Would like to
> use off the shelf USB cables if possible and avoid re-termination of  
> connectors.
> Special waterproof USB A plug/receptacles could be used and pre- 
> terminated
> cables could be supplied, but that's an expensive option.
>
> I have seen off the shelf USB cables with the USB type A plug  
> trimmed down a bit
> and passed through a standard plastic threaded gland into an  
> enclosure. Trouble is
> it needs a way oversized gland, proper cable sealing becomes  
> difficult, and I don't
> like the idea of the installer having to whittle away the  
> overmoulded plug.
>
> Just wondering if anyone has any cunning ideas for this? I can  
> almost envisage
> what a special USB cable gland might look like... a rectangular hole  
> to pass the
> USB A plug through, two piece rubber seals that seal rectangular  
> hole to round
> cable, and (this is the really hard part) some kind of a two piece  
> snap together
> locking nut that assembles around the cable and tightens into the  
> gland. The
> assumption is that it's not possible to slide the gland components  
> on from the other
> end of the cable.
>
> -- 
> Brent Brown, Electronic Design Solutions

One of these might work.......
http://www.boltproducts.com/heyco/strain-lockit-relief-bushings.html

MA


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