US 11,921,342 B2
Outdoor pathway splice
David Montalion Dupuis, Cedar Park, TX (US); Cary Alan Kipke, Austin, TX (US); and Donald Kent Larson, Cedar Park, TX (US)
Assigned to CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Corning, NY (US)
Filed by CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, Corning, NY (US)
Filed on Sep. 14, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/019,426.
Application 17/019,426 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2019/021596, filed on Mar. 11, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/643,314, filed on Mar. 15, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0409011 A1, Dec. 31, 2020
Int. Cl. G02B 6/50 (2006.01); C09J 7/20 (2018.01); C09J 7/38 (2018.01); H02G 3/30 (2006.01); H02G 9/02 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/50 (2013.01) [C09J 7/20 (2018.01); C09J 7/38 (2018.01); H02G 3/305 (2013.01); C09J 2301/124 (2020.08); H02G 9/025 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pathway system for a telecommunications network, the pathway system comprising:
first and second cabling tapes, each cabling tape have a butted end and an adhesive layer capable of adhering to a concrete or asphalt surface; and
a splice tape having a first adhesive layer and a second adhesive layer, wherein the splice tape joins the first cabling tape to the second cabling tape by laminating the butted ends of the first and second cabling tapes via the second adhesive layer such that a portion of the splice tape overlaps each butted end of the first and second cabling tapes.