Coupling box hairpin replacement for high voltage heating field

Abstract

A heater assembly includes a pair of heating sections, each heating section including a conductive portion, and a coupling assembly. The coupling assembly includes a coupling enclosure having a housing and an end cap, the end cap secured to a distal end portion of the housing and defining an aperture extending therethrough. A coupling member is disposed inside the housing, and the conductive portions of the pair of heating sections are connected by the coupling member. A closure assembly is disposed within the housing and located between the coupling member and the end cap, the closure assembly defining at least one channel that is in fluid communication with the aperture of the end cap and configured to guide a fluid flowing therein toward an area where the end cap is secured to the housing.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.