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US 4,519,662 AGranted
High pressure electrical penetrator
AssigneeWestinghouse Electric Corp.
InventorsRobert F. Riley, Thomas I. Meyer, Wesley N. Jordan
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Abstract
An electrical penetrator for use in high pressure situations includes a metallic penetrator body having a central aperture therein which includes a conical portion and a cylindrical portion. An electrically conducting pin member fits within the aperture and has a cone portion which fits within and is displaced from the conical surface portion. An encapsulating compound maintains the pin in its proper orientation displaced from the interior walls of the aperture with the compound including a polyamide cured epoxy resin mixed with silica.
Claims8
An electrical penetrator comprising:
- (a) a metallic penetrator body;
- (b) said penetrator body including an interior aperture extending therethrough and having a central longitudinal axis;
- (c) said interior aperture including a cylindrical portion symmetrical about said axis and which flares out to define an enlarged aperture portion;
- (d) an electrically conducting pin member lying substantially along said axis and having a bulbous portion positioned within said enlarged aperture portion;
- (e) said bulbous portion being of such dimension so as to be unable to fit through said cylindrical portion;
- (f) an encapsulating compound within said interior aperture to maintain said pin member in position displaced from the wall surface of said interior aperture, said compound comprising an epoxy having an inorganic filler of silica.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.