Corona Protection Device
AssigneeHubbell Incorporated
InventorsSarah Kelley Kolehmainen, Robert Allen Bernstorf, Jeffrey Miller Butler, Peter James Swales, Michael Joseph Lee, John Schonewolf
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Abstract
A corona protection device can include a body. The corona protection device can include an arm. The arm can extend from the body. The corona protection device can include a retention member. The retention member can define a cavity adapted to engage a portion of an end fitting of an insulator assembly.
Claims20
A corona protection device for use with an insulator assembly, the corona protection device comprising:
- a body;
- an arm extending from the body;
- and
- a retention member extending from the arm, the retention member defining a cavity adapted to engage a portion of an end fitting of the insulator assembly.
The corona protection device of claim 11, wherein the notch is defined, at least in part, by tapered surfaces of the retention member such that the notch is tapered along the radial direction.
An insulator assembly, comprising:
- a core;
- a plurality of weathersheds surrounding the core;
- an end fitting secured to the core;
- and
- a corona protection device coupled to the end fitting, the corona protection device comprising:
- a body defining at least a partial ring;
- an arm extending from the body;
- and
- a retention member extending from the arm, the retention member defining a cavity adapted to engage a portion of the insulator assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.