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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2021
Applicant:
Novinium, Llc, Kent, WA (US);
Inventors:
Weston Philips Chapin Ford, Seattle, WA (US);
Norman E. Keitges, Renton, WA (US);
James Steele, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
NOVINIUM, LLC, Kent, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01B 13/32 (2006.01); H01B 19/02 (2006.01); B05D 3/04 (2006.01); B05D 7/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01B 13/322 (2013.01); H01B 19/02 (2013.01); B05D 3/0466 (2013.01); B05D 7/20 (2013.01); B05D 2256/00 (2013.01); H01B 13/324 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for rejuvenating a strand-blocked cable having a conductor comprised of a plurality of conductor strands with interstitial volume therebetween blocked by a PIB based strand-block mastic, the conductor being surrounded by a polymeric cable insulation. The method including pre-injection of compressed gas into the conductor strands of the cable at a pressure less than the elastic limit of the cable insulation, and injection of a rejuvenation fluid into the conductor strands of the cable at a pressure less than the elastic limit of the cable insulation.