Electrical isolator
AssigneeCrompton Technology Group Limited
InventorsDale V. L. Faulkner, Alexander Douglas Taylor
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Abstract
An electrical isolator includes comprising: a first fluid-carrying member a second fluid-carrying member spaced apart from the first fluid-carrying member to form a gap; a resistive, semi-conductive or non-conductive component extending across the gap and bonded to the first and second fluid-carrying members so as to provide a fluid tight seal between the first fluid-carrying member and the resistive, semi-conductive or non-conductive component and between the second fluid-carrying member and the resistive, semi-conductive or non-conductive component. The isolator also includes a reinforcing composite encircling the first fluid-carrying member, the second fluid-carrying member and the resistive, semi-conductive or non-conductive component.
Claims14
An electrical isolator comprising:
- a first fluid-carrying member;
- a second fluid-carrying member spaced apart from the first fluid-carrying member to form a gap;
- a resistive, semi-conductive or non-conductive annular liner,
- wherein the annular liner extends coaxially with the first and second fluid-carrying members,
- wherein the annular liner extends across the gap,
- wherein a radially outer surface of the annular liner is bonded to respective radially inner surfaces of the first and second fluid-carrying members so as to provide a fluid tight seal between the first fluid-carrying member and the annular liner and between the second fluid-carrying member and the annular liner;
- and
- a reinforcing composite encircling the first fluid-carrying member, the second fluid-carrying member and the annular liner.
A method of making an electrical isolator, the method comprising:
- bonding a radially inner surface of a first fluid-carrying member and a radially inner surface of a second fluid-carrying member to a radially outer surface of an annular liner extending across a gap between the first fluid-carrying member and the second fluid-carrying member so as to provide a fluid tight seal between the first fluid-carrying member and the annular liner and between the second fluid-carrying member and the annular liner,
- wherein the annular liner extends coaxially with the first and second fluid-carrying members;
- and
- forming a reinforcing composite encircling the first fluid-carrying member, the second fluid-carrying member and the annular liner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.