Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company

3m Innovative Properties Company

Thomas S Croft

Russell P Smith

Kenneth D Rebers

Daniel G Lee

Alan J Oshinski

Jacqueline J Pulido

Kwang H Chu

Hartwick A Haugen

A cable splice closure includes a closure body having mating surfaces sealed together. An end seal in the closure has an opening for receiving a cable. The end seal is sealed to the closure body by an adhesive bond. An adhesive injection port in the end seal. The port is provided to communicate an adhesive injected into the end seal to bond surfaces of the end seal and the cable to be received, into a sealed unit. The adhesive is a low surface energy adhesive based on acrylic monomers with organoborane are complexes.

Cable closure injection sealed with organo borane amine complex

An end seal for a cable splice closure includes a core portion having a slot for receiving a cable. A tail portion, extending from the core portion, is of sufficient length and flexibility to be extended over the slot. An adhesive injection port is provided in the core portion to communicate an adhesive injected into the injection port to the slot to bond into a sealed unit the surfaces of the end seal and the cable to be received. The adhesive is a low surface energy adhesive based on acrylic monomers with organoborane amine complexes.

Cable closure injection sealed with organoborane amine complex

A cable splice closure includes a closure body having mating surfaces sealed together. An end seal in the closure has an opening for receiving a cable. The end seal is sealed to the closure body by an adhesive bond. An adhesive injection port is provided in the end seal to communicate an adhesive injected into the end seal and to bond into a sealed unit the surf aces of the end seal and the cable to be received. The adhesive is a low surface energy adhesive based on acrylic monomers with organoborane amine complexes.

Cable closure injection sealed with low surface energy adhesive

Polyurethane/urea elastomers having an isocyanate equivalent index below 100, preferably from about 15 to about 80; containing an effective amount of polyisocyanate component, and an effective amount of an isocyanate reactive component comprising at least one polyamine and at least one polyol, wherein said elastomer contains from about 1 to about 199 equivalent percent amine per isocyanate equivalent.

Polyurethane/polyurea elastomers

An elastomer composition, resistant to hydrocarbon fluid and water absorption, comprising

Elastomeric sealants

An end seal for splice closures or for terminals comprising a core portion of a flexible resilient material, which core portion has an outer periphery and openings extending through the core portion, which openings communicate with the outer periphery, and a tail portion which is integral with and extends from the core portion periphery to be wrapped about the core portion and the cables placed in the openings thereof for filling the space between the core portion and the closure end surface.

Closure end seal

The invention provides an encapsulant composition capable of use with signal transmission devices, such as electrical or optical cable. The composition is the extended reaction product of an admixture of an anhydride functionalized composition and a crosslinking agent.

Encapsulant compositions for use in signal transmission devices

The invention provides a grease compatible encapsulant composition capable of use with signal transmission devices, such as electrical or optical cable. The composition is the extended reaction product of an admixture of an anhydride functionalized compound, a crosslinking agent, and an oxirane containing material which provides improved hydrolytic stability to the encapsulant composition.

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Austin, TX, United States of America

Thomas S Croft