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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
May. 14, 2013
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Tyco Electronics Raychem Gmbh, Ottobrunn, DE;
Mahmoud K. Seraj, Apex, NC (US);
Harry George Yaworski, Apex, NC (US);
Markus Hardi, Neubiberg, DE;
Ladislaus Kehl, Dorfen, DE;
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Tyco Electronics Raychem GmBH, Ottobrunn, DE;
Abstract
A joint body for protecting an electrical cable connection including an electrical cable includes an expandable, elastomeric bladder sleeve and an electrically insulating gel. The bladder sleeve defines a gel cavity and a cable passage to receive the electrical cable. The gel is disposed in the gel cavity and surrounds at least a portion of the cable passage. The joint body is configured to be installed on the connection such that the connection is disposed in the cable passage and is surrounded and electrically insulated by the gel.