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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
May. 08, 2014
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Friedrich A. Busemann, Amelinghausen, DE;
Gerhard Lohmeier, Cologne, DE;
Mark Gravermann, Erkelenz, DE;
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
Closure () for receiving a section of a conductor assembly (), comprising a housing () closable around the conductor assembly (), and an electrode assembly (), which comprises a movable portion comprising a contact surface () for mechanically contacting the conductor assembly (), and a sensing electrode (), operable as a first capacitor electrode of a sensing capacitor for sensing a voltage of the conductor (). The closure further comprises urging means () for urging the movable portion of the electrode assembly () towards the conductor assembly () for establishing a mechanical surface contact between the contact surface () and the conductor assembly (), when the housing () is closed around the conductor assembly ().