Sheath-bonding link box
AssigneehvGrid-tech Inc.
InventorsStephen Burks, Gregory Lee, Jake Gelhard, William Kevin Jones, Kathryn Klement
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Abstract
A sheath-bonding link box is provided, the sheath-bonding link box including a housing defining a sealed interior space, and a set of electrically conductive connectors extending through the housing between an exterior of the enclosure and the interior space. The set of connectors each has an internal portion positioned inside of the interior space and an external portion positioned outside of the housing. The internal portion of the connectors is electrically connectable to a functional link in the interior space, and the external portion of the connectors is dimensioned to be electrically connectable to a sheath-bonding lead.
Claims19
1-49. (canceled)
A sheath-bonding link box, comprising:
- a housing forming an enclosure defining a watertight sealed interior space;
- a plurality of conductor receiving ports disposed in a wall of the housing and configured to receive conductor members electrically connected to cable sheaths;
- a plurality of functional links disposed in the interior space of the housing, a respective functional link being electrically connectable to at least one respective conductor member so as to be electrically connectable to a cable sheath;
- at least one sensor disposed within the interior space of the housing and operable to produce sensor data as a function of conditions within the link box or electrical parameters of at least one or more sheath-bonding leads, and
- a control module disposed within the interior space of the housing and operable to receive the sensor data from the at least one sensor to enable monitoring of the sensed conditions.
The sheath-bonding link box of claim 51, wherein each conductor member electrically connected to a respective cable sheath that is received by a respective conductor receiving port extends through the respective conductor receiving port to the interior space of the housing for connection to a respective functional link.
A sheath-bonding link box comprising:
- a housing made of dielectric material and forming an enclosure defining a watertight sealed interior space;
- a plurality of conductor receiving ports comprised of sleeves disposed in a wall of the housing and formed integrally with the housing, the sleeves extending from the wall of the housing, each sleeve configured to receive a conductor member electrically connected to a sheath-bonding lead and each sleeve including at least one sealing element to form a watertight seal between the sleeve and the conductor member;
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- a plurality of functional links disposed in the interior space of the housing, a respective functional link being electrically connectable to at least one respective conductor member so as to be electrically connectable to a cable sheath.
A sheath-bonding link box, comprising:
- a housing forming an enclosure with a base and a cover defining a watertight sealed interior space;
- a plurality of conductor receiving ports disposed in a wall of the housing and configured to receive conductor members electrically connected to cable sheaths;
- a plurality of functional links disposed in the interior space of the housing, a respective functional link being electrically connectable to at least one respective conductor member so as to be electrically connectable to a cable sheath, and
- plural separator structures disposed within the interior space extending between the base and the cover of the housing and bracing opposite walls of the housing to withstand distortion caused by external pressure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.