Patent · US Expired

Configuration for transmitting light between two locations at different electric potentials, and method of producing such a configuration

US6118918A · kind A · utility

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6Claims

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Walter Gross · Herzogenaurach, DE
Stefan Hain · Rückersbach, DE
Norbert Koch · Ulm, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 17, 1998
Grant date	Sep 12, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 17, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01B17/00
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A configuration includes a high voltage insulator, whose internal space accommodates optical waveguides and is filled with plastic foam, preferably a polyurethane foam.

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