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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2004
Filed:
May. 21, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Damien Lepley, Vichy, FR;
Eric Moal, Saint-Yorre, FR;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/00 ;
Abstract
A composite electrical insulator comprises a support rod generally of a composite material, two metal end-fittings each forming a socket in which a corresponding end of the support rod is inserted, at least one optical fiber placed on the outer periphery of the support rod, and an insulating outer coating surrounding the support rod and covering the optical fiber which has at least one end guided to the outside of the insulator through an end-fitting via a groove formed in the inside surface of the socket of the end-fitting, said groove opening to the outer periphery of the support rod, and via a duct extending said groove and opening to the outside of the end-fitting.