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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.:

US 9960530 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018

Filed:

Aug. 25, 2016

Terminal connection device for a power cable

Applicant:

3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);

Inventors:

Giuliano Bolcato, Paderno Dugnano, IT;

Jens Weichold, Erkelenz, DE;

Pasquale Zanoli, Villa Cortese, IT;

Mark Gravermann, Erkelenz, DE;

Michael H. Stalder, Uedem, DE;

Holger J. Kurzhals, Krefeld, DE;

Sebastian Eggert, Mettmann, DE;

Christian Weinmann, Alsdorf, DE;

Assignee:

3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);

Attorney:

Gregg H. Rosenblatt

Primary Examiner:

Steven T Sawyer

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02G 15/04 (2006.01); H01R 13/58 (2006.01); H02G 15/184 (2006.01); G01R 15/14 (2006.01); G01R 15/06 (2006.01); G01R 15/16 (2006.01); G01R 19/00 (2006.01); H01B 9/00 (2006.01); H01R 13/66 (2006.01); H01R 43/26 (2006.01); H02G 15/064 (2006.01); G01R 15/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 13/5845 (2013.01); G01R 15/06 (2013.01); G01R 15/142 (2013.01); G01R 15/16 (2013.01); G01R 19/0084 (2013.01); H01B 9/006 (2013.01); H01R 13/6683 (2013.01); H01R 43/26 (2013.01); H02G 15/064 (2013.01); H02G 15/184 (2013.01); G01R 15/181 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49208 (2015.01);
Abstract

A terminal connection device for connecting an end of a medium- or high-voltage power cable to a connection point comprises a) an interface cable having first and second end portions, comprising an inner conductor and a conductive or semiconductive layer; b) a first stress control tube comprising a stress control element, and an insulating layer arranged around the stress control element, wherein the first stress control tube is mounted on the first end portion of the interface cable; c) a first cable connector for connecting the interface cable to the power cable, the first cable connector being connected to the second end portion of the interface cable; and d) one or more tubular shrinkable sleeves, at least a portion of one of the tubular shrinkable sleeves extending over at least a portion of the first stress control tube wherein the portion of the tubular shrinkable sleeve extending over at least a portion of the first stress control tube is shrunk down around at least a portion of the first stress control tube.

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