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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 1985
Filed:
Sep. 12, 1983
Peter L Larsson, Mountain View, CA (US);
Robin J Clabburn, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Raychem Corporation, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
This invention relates to a clamp assembly for connecting the metal armor, screen or shielding of one power cable of a joint connecting two or more power cables, with a metal bridging element which spans the joint and is connected to the metal armor, screen or shielding of the other power cable or cables of the joint. The clamp assembly comprises a hollow metal cylinder, means for sealing the cylinder to the inner sheath of the power cable and first and second clamping means for securing the metal armor, screen or shielding of the cable and for securing the metal bridging element to the metal cylinder. The metal bridging element can be a part of a protective joint enclosure placed over the joint area.