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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 1979
Filed:
Mar. 06, 1978
Jay S Plugge, Waukesha, WI (US);
Eugene S Hammer, Greendale, WI (US);
General Electric Company, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Abstract
A pair of electrical cables to be interconnected, each have an outer layer of insulation and a central conductor terminating in a cable end. A generally funnel shaped conductor is attached to the conductors of each cable end forming a concave terminal on each cable end. A spherical conductor is interposed between the funnel shaped conductors of the cable ends. The cable ends and the spherical conductor are compressively engaged to provide assured electrical contact through the cables and are enclosed within a tubular dielectric housing. The cable ends extend through apertures in threaded end plugs and into the tubular housing. The housing includes a dielectric grease to displace all air within the housing. A seal and tubular sleeve are interposed between the end plugs and the funnel shaped conductors of the cable ends so that threaded engagement of the end plugs provide axial compressive forces on the funnel shaped conductors and also seal the connection. The connection is readily detachable by the threaded disengagement of the end plugs.