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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2016
Corning Optical Communications Llc, Hickory, NC (US);
Alan Duncan Burkett, Bedford, TX (US);
Monique Lise Cote, Fort Worth, TX (US);
David Kimondo Waruiru, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Corning Research & Development Corporation, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
A telecommunications closure includes a base, a cover coupled to the base, and a first interior volume defined between the cover and the base. The cover includes a compartment having an opening and defining a second interior volume. The telecommunications closure also includes a flexible telecommunications line having a first end located within the first interior volume and a second end located outside of the first interior volume. The second end of the telecommunications line has a connector for coupling to other telecommunications lines. A portion of the flexible telecommunications line passes through the opening of the compartment. The telecommunications closure also includes at least one sealing member positioned in the second interior volume of the compartment to seal the flexible telecommunications line in the opening.