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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:
Dec. 11, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nexans, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 4/60 ; H01R 4/38 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 4/60 ; H01R 4/38 ;
Abstract
A cable connector for a direct heating cable system for a pipeline (,) where a direct heating cable is connected to the pipeline at two remote points, the cable (,) comprising a cone (,) connected to the end, the cone (,) comprising means for connecting releasably a bolt (,) coaxially to the cone (,), a pulling wire (,) being secured to the bolt (,) adapted to pull the cone (,) and the cable (,) into a connector (,) secured to the pipeline and having an inner shape corresponding with the outer shape of the cone (,), the connector (,) being adapted to lock the cone (,) to the connector (,) and release the pulling wire (,) from the cone (,).