Drain hub

Abstract

A drain hub can include a housing, a base, and a damming device. The housing has a cavity that traverses its length and can include a top housing portion, a middle housing portion having at least one wall and a number of drainage apertures that traverse the wall, and a bottom housing portion. The base is rotatably disposed within the housing cavity and has a base cavity traversing its length. The base can include a top base portion having a number of slotted features disposed along a top surface. The base can also include a bottom base portion that extends beyond an aperture in the bottom housing portion. The damming device can be disposed within the housing cavity adjacent to the top base portion and the top housing portion, where the damming device has an elastomeric material and at least one aperture through which at least one conductor traverses.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A drain hub, comprising:
 a housing comprising at least one cylindrical bore forming a housing cavity traversing a length of the housing;   a first base mechanically coupled to the housing and having a first base cavity traversing its length, wherein the first base is disposed within the housing cavity at a first end of the housing, wherein the first base comprises:
 a first top base portion comprising a first plurality of slotted features disposed along a first top base end; and 
 a first bottom base portion that extends beyond the first end of the housing, 
 wherein the first bottom base portion is configured to receive a first conduit within the first base cavity; 
   a second base mechanically coupled to the housing and having a second base cavity traversing its length, wherein the second base is disposed within the housing cavity at a second end of the housing, wherein the second base comprises:
 a second top base portion comprising a second plurality of slotted features disposed along a second top base end; and 
 a second bottom base portion that extends beyond the second end of the housing, 
 wherein the second bottom base portion is configured to receive a second conduit within the second base cavity; and 
   a damming device disposed within the housing cavity adjacent to the first base portion and the second base portion, wherein the damming device comprises an elastomeric material and at least one aperture through which at least one conductor traverses, wherein the at least one conductor is disposed in the first conduit and the second conduit.   
     
     
         2 . The drain hub of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one cylindrical bore of the housing comprises:
 a top cylindrical bore at the first end of the housing, wherein the first conduit is disposed within the top cylindrical bore;   a middle cylindrical bore, wherein the damming device is disposed within the middle cylindrical bore; and   a bottom cylindrical bore at the second end of the housing, wherein the second conduit is disposed within the bottom cylindrical bore;   
     
     
         3 . The drain hub of  claim 2 , wherein the middle cylindrical bore comprises at least one wall and a plurality of drainage apertures that traverse the at least one wall. 
     
     
         4 . The drain hub of  claim 2 , wherein the top cylindrical bore forms a first inner perimeter that is substantially the same as a first outer perimeter of the first conduit. 
     
     
         5 . The drain hub of  claim 4 , wherein the bottom cylindrical bore forms a second inner perimeter that is substantially the same as a second outer perimeter of the second conduit. 
     
     
         6 . The drain hub of  claim 5 , wherein the first inner perimeter is substantially the same as the second inner perimeter. 
     
     
         7 . The drain hub of  claim 5 , wherein the first inner perimeter is larger than the second inner perimeter. 
     
     
         8 . The drain hub of  claim 7 , wherein the first inner perimeter is larger than a housing inner perimeter of the housing. 
     
     
         9 . The drain hub of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a filter sleeve fixedly coupled to a bottom portion of the damming device, wherein the filter sleeve wall comprises a permeable material.   
     
     
         10 . The drain hub of  claim 1 , wherein the second base further comprises:
 a mating portion comprising a coupling feature for mechanically coupling the second base to the housing.   
     
     
         11 . The drain hub of  claim 10 , wherein the mating portion has threads disposed on an outer surface that mate with complementary threads disposed on an inner surface of the housing. 
     
     
         12 . The drain hub of  claim 1 , wherein the first plurality of slotted features of the first base rotates relative to the housing when the first base is coupled to the housing. 
     
     
         13 . The drain hub of  claim 12 , wherein the housing comprises at least one wall and a plurality of drainage apertures that traverse the at least one wall, wherein the first plurality of slotted features of the first base rotate to align with the plurality of drainage apertures of the housing. 
     
     
         14 . The drain hub of  claim 1 , wherein the second plurality of slotted features of the second base rotates relative to the housing when the second base is coupled to the housing. 
     
     
         15 . The drain hub of  claim 1 , wherein the receiving portion comprises a lower portion and an upper portion, wherein the lower portion is fixedly coupled to the housing, and wherein the second plurality of slotted features are disposed along a bottom surface of the upper portion. 
     
     
         16 . The drain hub of  claim 1 , wherein the first base is mechanically coupled to the housing at a first angle when viewed in terms of an axis that runs along a portion of the length of the housing. 
     
     
         17 . The drain hub of  claim 16 , wherein the second base is mechanically coupled to the housing at a second angle when viewed in terms of the axis that runs along the portion of the length of the housing. 
     
     
         18 . The drain hub of  claim 1 , wherein the first conduit has an outer surface forming a first shape, wherein the first base has an inner surface forming a second shape, wherein the first shape is substantially the same as the second shape. 
     
     
         19 . A system, comprising:
 a first conduit;   a second conduit; and   a drain hub coupled to the first conduit and the second conduit, wherein the drain hub comprises:
 a housing comprising at least one cylindrical bore forming a housing cavity traversing a length of the housing; 
 a first base mechanically coupled to the housing and having a first base cavity traversing its length, wherein the first base is disposed within the housing cavity at a first end of the housing, wherein the first base comprises:
 a first top base portion comprising a first plurality of slotted features disposed along a first top base end; and 
 a first bottom base portion that extends beyond the first end of the housing and that receives the first conduit within the first base cavity; 
 
 a second base mechanically coupled to the housing and having a second base cavity traversing its length, wherein the second base is disposed within the housing cavity at a second end of the housing, wherein the second base comprises:
 a second top base portion comprising a second plurality of slotted features disposed along a second top base end; and 
 a second bottom base portion that extends beyond the second end of the housing and that receives the second conduit within the second base cavity; and 
 
 a damming device disposed within the housing cavity adjacent to the first base portion and the second base portion, wherein the damming device comprises an elastomeric material and at least one aperture. 
   
     
     
         20 . The system of  claim 19 , further comprising:
 at least one conductor that is disposed in the first conduit, the cavity of the housing, and the second conduit, wherein the at least one conductor traverses the at least one aperture of the damming device, and wherein the damming device prevents liquid from traversing the at least one aperture along an outer surface of the at least one conductor.