Patent · US Expired

Sealing structure for a single-bodied end cap of splice closure for optical cables

US5949022A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 18, 1996
Grant dateSep 7, 1999
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Expiry dateMar 18, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/4444
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A cable splice closure assembly includes an end cap body having at least one cable passage hole therein for the passage of a cable therethrough, the end cap body defining a seal zone for retaining a sealing material and a thread zone, and a screw plug having a cable passage hole therein for the passage of a cable therethrough, the screw plug being adapted for mating engagement with the thread zone of the end cap body.

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