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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:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2014
Applicant:
Abb Technology Ag, Zurich, CH;
Inventor:
Robert Wayne Hobson, Cornelius, NC (US);
Assignee:
NKT HV Cables GmbH, Baden, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 43/00 (2006.01); H01R 43/16 (2006.01); B29C 67/00 (2017.01); H02G 1/14 (2006.01); H02G 15/18 (2006.01); B29L 9/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/34 (2006.01); B29K 101/00 (2006.01); B33Y 10/00 (2015.01); B33Y 30/00 (2015.01); B33Y 50/02 (2015.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 43/16 (2013.01); B29C 67/0055 (2013.01); B29C 67/0088 (2013.01); H02G 1/14 (2013.01); H02G 15/1826 (2013.01); B29K 2101/00 (2013.01); B29L 2009/00 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3462 (2013.01); B33Y 10/00 (2014.12); B33Y 30/00 (2014.12); B33Y 50/02 (2014.12); Y10T 29/49194 (2015.01);
Abstract
A system and method for additively manufacturing splices and terminations for extra high, high, medium and low voltage power cable includes providing an additive manufacturing machine having at least one print head. Cable ends can be secured within a chamber from which atmospheric air can be evacuated and replaced with non-oxidizing gas. A scanning device can determine the composition and position of the various constituents of the cable ends, from which information a controller can determine the printing sequence and print a termination or splice portion.