Cable closure injection sealed with organo borane amine complex
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorsJacqueline J. Pulido, Kenneth D. Rebers, Thomas S. Croft, Alan J. Oshinski, Kwang H. Chu, Daniel G. Lee, Russell P. Smith
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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.
Claims12
An end seal for a cable splice closure comprising:
- an end seal body formed of a low surface energy plastic material and having an opening for receiving a cable to be extended therethrough;
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- an adhesive injection port in the end seal body, the port provided to communicate an adhesive injected into the end seal body to bond surfaces of the end seal and the cable to be received, into a sealed unit, wherein the adhesive is a standard acrylic monomer including organoborane amine complexes, and said adhesive readily bonds with low surface energy plastics.
A cable splice closure comprising:
- a closure body formed of a low surface energy plastic material and having mating surfaces to be sealed together,
- an end seal body connected to the closure body and having an opening for receiving a cable to be extended therethrough, the end seal body being sealed to the closure body by an adhesive bond;
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- an adhesive injection port in the end seal body, the port provided to communicate an adhesive injected into the end seal body to bond surfaces of the end seal and the cable, to be received, into a sealed unit,
- wherein the adhesive is a standard acrylic monomer including organoborane amine complexes, and the adhesive readily bonds with low surface energy plastics.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.