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Telecommunications terminal

CA 2508470 C · Owner: 3M Innovative Properties Company · Inventors: Ball, Shirley E.; Berglund, Sidney J.; Parikh, Rutesh D.

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A terminal for use with telecommunication cables has a splice closure and a terminal closure joined to the splice closure. The splice closure encloses opened areas of the cable, while the terminal closure encloses a connection device for establishing connection between telecommunication lines in the splice closure and a drop line. In various embodiments a frame is mounted , within the splice closure for retaining non-spliced lines of the telecommunication cable away from spliced lines; a storage member is located within the terminal closure for retaining excess lengths of the drop line; a drop line strain relief bracket is mounted within the terminal closure; and a memory device is …

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  • Filed December 11, 2003 and granted March 12, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 11, 2023.
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FiledDecember 11, 2003
GrantedMarch 12, 2013
Term endedDecember 11, 2023
Patent numberCA 2508470 C
Classification (IPC)G02B6/44 +2 more

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