Plural phase cable couplers
US4420202A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 10, 1981 |
| Grant date | Dec 13, 1983 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 10, 2001 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R13/53
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A cable coupler is disclosed for interconnecting a first plurality of plural-phase high voltage cables with a second plurality of plural-phase high voltage cables. The first plurality of cables is coupled to a like number of female terminals, whereas the second plurality of cables is connected to a like number of male terminals adapted to matingly contact the female terminals. The female terminals are adapted to be mounted within a female housing by a mounting means illustratively taking the form of a disc with openings spaced from each other to receive the female terminals. Similarly, there is included a male housing having a similar disc for mounting the male terminals in a spaced relationship with each other and in an aligned relationship with the female terminals. The mounting means and in particular the discs are comprised of a material whose conductivity is selected to be sufficiently high to establish a conductive path therethrough to a ground, whereby if a fault-producing voltage is applied to any one of the male or female terminals that a path will be readily provided from that terminal to ground, thus substantially reducing the occurrence of a phase-to-phase fault. In a f…
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