Method of Cold Joining Mineral Insulated Cables
OwnerScott M. Finlayson, Lawrence J. Whiteinventors
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Abstract
A method of cold joining a first cable and a second cable may include providing a connector having both right hand and left hand threads. The first cable may have a right hand threads on its core, while the second cable may have left hand threads along its core. The first and second cables may be simultaneously connected to the first and second cables to the connector by rotating the connector. The connector may then be crimped to permanently, or at least semi-permanently retain the first and second cores within the connector.
Claims20
A method of cold joining a first cable with a first core and a second cable with a second core, the method including the steps of:
- forming threads into the first core, the threading have a first direction;
- forming threads into the second core, the threading having a second direction;
- at least partially threading onto the first core a connector having a first set of threads and a second set of threads;
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- at least partially threading the connector onto the second core.
A connector for cold joining two lengths of cable, the connector comprising:
- a connector body having a first end section, a second end section, and a center section;
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- a bore extending axially through the connector body;
- wherein the bore has a first set of threads extending from the first end section towards the center section and a second set of threads extending from the second end section towards the center section;
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- wherein one of the first and second set of threads has right hand threads and the other has left hand threads.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.