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High voltage subsea electrical penetrator

US8303312B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 18, 2009
Grant dateNov 6, 2012
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Expiry dateDec 18, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02G15/14
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A high voltage subsea electrical penetrator. A first housing part is connectable to a second housing part. The first and second housing parts in connected mode define a seat for accommodation of a bushing including a conductor pin arranged in an insulator body. The first and second housing parts each have a part-spherical seat surface supporting a corresponding region of the bushing. The bushing includes a material of relatively high compressive strength, in the form of a polymeric material or a ceramic material, that is molded into spherical outer shape about a bulbous portion of the conductor pin, and clamped as a unitary form-fitting element in the seat upon connection of the first and second housing parts.

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