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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 1991
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1989
Candido J Arroyo, Lithonia, GA (US);
David J Meskell, Jr, Snellville, GA (US);
Francis J Mullin, Chamblee, GA (US);
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A cable closure (20) which is suitable for aerial, pedestal, wall-mounted or buried use and which is suitable for enclosing connections between metallic or optical fiber transmission media includes a base (30) and a cover (32). The base and/or the cover include a plurality of openings through which extend cables. Connections (50) between transmission media of the cables are disposed between portions (51,52) of a superabsorbent compliant foam material. The portions of the foam material and the base and the cover are sized so that when the cover is assembled to the base, the foam material is compressed. Upon contact with water which may enter the closure, the superabsorbent foam material swells, molding about the connections to protect them from the water and expanding outwardly to seal any unintended openings in the housing and prevent the ingress of additional water.
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