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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:
Jul. 07, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Barry Wayne Allen, Siler City, NC (US);
Terry Edward Frye, Gary, NC (US);
Michael Earle Labonge, Orlando, FL (US);
Linda Jones Joyner, Fuquay Varina, NC (US);
Assignee:
Raychem Corporation, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
174 / ; 174 / ; 174 79 ; 174 / ; 174 93 ; 29858 ;
Abstract
An environmentally sealed splice closure (20) for buried telecommunications cables (32) and splices (33) includes a base (22a and b) having ports (31a and b) for receiving the telecommunications cables (32) therethrough. A cap (25) is received on the base (22) to form a cavity (50) within the splice closure (20). The cavity (50) is filled with a gel sealant (45 and 47). A dome (55) on the end of the cap (25) opposite the base (22) accommodates volumetric and pressure changes within the closure (20).