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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2001
Filed:
May. 11, 2000
Jacqueline J. Pulido, Austin, TX (US);
Kenneth D. Rebers, Austin, TX (US);
Thomas S. Croft, Austin, TX (US);
Alan J. Oshinski, Kingsport, TN (US);
Kwang H. Chu, Austin, TX (US);
Daniel G. Lee, Austin, TX (US);
Russell P. Smith, Georgetown, TX (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
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.