Plug for a subsea connector that includes a receptacle
US12095201B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 15, 2022 |
| Grant date | Sep 17, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 29, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R2201/26
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A plug part for a subsea connector, the connector includes a plug and a receptacle. The plug part includes one or more female conducting contact assemblies each female conducting contact assembly including a female contact including inner and outer conducting surfaces, the inner conducting surface defining a cavity of the one or more female conducting contact assemblies and each female contact unit further including a shuttle pin adapted to receive a male contact pin of a receptacle. The female contact assembly further includes a solid insulator mounted radially outward of the external surface and forming an annulus between the outer surface of the female contact and an inner surface of the solid insulator and an orifice between the cavity and the annulus.
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