Ported hardware for overhead electrical cables
AssigneeCTC Global Corporation
InventorsXiaoyuan Dong, William Webb, Ian M. Pilling, Douglas A. Pilling, Christopher Wong
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Abstract
Electrical line hardware such as termination arrangements and splices for use with overhead electrical cables that enable the interrogation of the overhead electrical cables through the hardware. The hardware includes at least one port to facilitate access to the strength member of the electrical cable so that interrogation instruments may operatively couple to the strength member and to interrogation elements such as optical fibers associated with the strength member. The interrogation may occur after the overhead electrical cable has been fully tensioned and secured by the hardware, e.g., secured to a support tower.
Claims33
A termination arrangement for an overhead electrical cable, comprising:
- a compression-type gripping element gripping a fiber-reinforced composite strength member of an overhead electrical cable;
- a connector operatively attached to the compression-type gripping element, the connector comprising:
- a connector body;
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- a connector body bore extending longitudinally through the connector body from a first connector body aperture in the proximal end of the connector body to a second aperture in the distal end of the connector body;
- an outer sleeve disposed over at least the gripping element, wherein the outer sleeve comprises a conductive body;
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- a removable cover operatively disposed over the second aperture.
A termination arrangement for an overhead electrical cable, comprising:
- a compression-type gripping element gripping a fiber-reinforced composite strength member of an overhead electrical cable;
- a connector operatively attached to the compression-type gripping element, the connector comprising:
- a connector body;
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- a connector body bore extending longitudinally from a first aperture in a proximal end of the connector body toward a distal end of the connector body,
- wherein the longitudinal connector body bore is in operative communication with a non-longitudinal bore that is disposed at an angle of from about 70° to about 130° relative to the longitudinal connector body bore.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.