Plug for an undersea cable
AssigneeRaytheon Company
InventorsJohn Carcone, Curtis B. Carlsten, Peter M. Willey
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Abstract
A plug for joining a polyethylene (PE) jacketed cable to a PE tube is provided. The plug includes first and second heating wires and a PE body. The PE body includes a first section and a second section. The first section is insertible into the PE tube and includes a first surface to engage with the PE tube. The first heating wires are embeddable in the first surface. The second section is within the first section and the PE jacketed cable is insertible into the second section. The second section includes a second surface to engage with the PE jacketed cable. The second heating wires are embeddable in the second section.
Claims20
A plug for joining a polyethylene (PE) jacketed cable to a PE tube, the plug comprising:
- first and second heating wires;
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- a PE body comprising:
- a first section insertible into the PE tube and comprising a first surface to engage with the PE tube and in which the first heating wires are embeddable;
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- a second section within the first section and into which the PE jacketed cable is insertible, the second section comprising a second surface to engage with the PE jacketed cable and in which the second heating wires are embeddable.
An assembly for joining first and second polyethylene (PE) jacketed cables, the assembly comprising:
- a PE tube having first and second ends;
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- first and second plugs, each of which comprises:
- first and second heating wires;
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- a PE body comprising:
- a first section insertible into one of the first and second ends of the PE tube and comprising a first surface to engage with the one of the first and second ends of the PE tube and in which the first heating wires are embeddable;
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- a second section within the first section and into which one of the first and second PE jacketed cables is insertible, the second section comprising a second surface to engage with the one of the first and second PE jacketed cables and in which the second heating wires are embeddable.
A method of joining a polyethylene (PE) jacketed cable to a PE tube, the method comprising:
- pre-forming a plug with a PE body comprising:
- a first section insertible into the PE tube and comprising a first surface;
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- a second section within the first section and into which the PE jacketed cable is insertible and comprising a second surface;
- embedding first and second heating wires into the first and second surfaces, respectively;
- engaging the first and second surfaces with the PE tube and the PE jacketed cable, respectively;
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- applying current to the first heating wires to heat proximal PE portions of the PE tube and the first section and to the second heating wires to heat proximal PE portions of the PE jacketed cable and the second section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.