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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 26, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ralph Sutehall, Abertillery, GB;
Ian Dewi Lang, Newport, GB;
Assignee:
Pirelli General plc, London, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02G 1/502 ; H01R 4/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02G 1/502 ; H01R 4/00 ;
Abstract
An assembly for use adjacent an earthed suspension region of an all-dielectric self-supporting cable suspended in an electric field at the earthed suspension region from a tower or the like for limiting dry band arcing adjacent the earthed suspension region is disclosed. The assembly includes an electrically conductive device clamped to the cable remote from the earthed suspension region and structure defining a current path having an arc gap connected between the device and the earthed region