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US 12,184,051 B2Granted
Ignition suppression circuiting technology
AssigneeIsct LLC
InventorClifton Royston
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Abstract
A cable system is provided which is configured with both electric wires and a fluid conduit running through the axial passage of a surrounding flexible sheath of the cable. The system allows for communication of electricity over the wires for electrical circuits and concurrent communication of a fire ignition suppressant fluid or gas through the fluid conduit, to all points in an electric circuit using the cable. One or both of a dye or scent can be included in the ignition suppressant fluid.
Claims20
A cable for an electrical power delivery station, the cable comprising:
- a sheath with an axial pathway running a length of the cable between a first end of the cable and a second end of the cable;
- a plurality of electrically conductive wires running through the axial pathway of the sheath for the length of the cable, each of the electrically conductive wires configured to communicate electricity from the first end of the cable to the second end of the cable;
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- one or more fluid conduits immediately adjacent to the plurality of conductive wires within the sheath, each of the fluid conduits having a sidewall surrounding an axial passage thereof that provides a defined flow path for a fluid that is therein to flow between the first end of the cable and the second end of the cable and to cool an interior of the sheath,
- wherein each of the electrically conductive wires comprises an insulation coating formed of a material having a first melting temperature, wherein the sidewall of each of the fluid conduits is formed of a material having a second melting temperature that is different from the first melting temperature.
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A cable system for an electrical power delivery station, comprising:
- a cable, comprising:
- a sheath with an axial pathway running a length of the cable between a first end of the cable and a second end of the cable;
- a plurality of electrically conductive wires running through the axial pathway of the sheath for the length of the cable;
- one or more fluid conduits immediately adjacent to the conductive wires within the sheath, each of the fluid conduits having a sidewall surrounding an axial passage thereof that provides a defined flow path for a fluid that is therein to flow between the first end of the cable and the second end of the cable and to cool an interior of the sheath;
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- a junction box comprising a fluid chamber configured to hold a supply of the fluid,
- wherein the one or more fluid conduits are engageable with the junction box such that the axial passage of each of the fluid conduits is fluidly coupled to the fluid chamber.
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A vehicle cable for an electrical power delivery station, comprising:
- a sheath with an axial pathway running a length of the cable between a first end of the cable and a second end of the cable;
- a plurality of electrically conductive wires running through the axial pathway of the sheath for the length of the cable, each of the electrically conductive wires configured to communicate electricity from the first end of the cable to the second end of the cable;
- one or more first fluid conduits immediately adjacent to the conductive wires within the sheath, each of the first conduits having a first sidewall surrounding a first axial passage thereof that provides a first defined flow path for a first coolant that is therein to flow between the first end of the cable and the second end of the cable and is configured to cool an interior of the sheath;
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- one or more second fluid conduits immediately adjacent to the conductive wires within the sheath, each of the second conduits having a second sidewall surrounding a second axial passage thereof that provides a second defined flow path for a second coolant that is therein to flow between the first end of the cable and the second end of the cable and is configured to cool the interior of the sheath.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.