Articulated cable head for submarine links
AssigneeLes Cables de Lyon
InventorJean-Pierre Gouverneur
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Abstract
This articulated cable head includes a universal joint whose support (4) and ring (5) are made of fiber and epoxy resin laminates obtained by winding threads. The universal joint head (6) is spherical in shape and is made, together with an oscillating arm (7) which extends therefrom, as a single piece of cuproberyllium alloy. The oscillating arm (7) carries a tubular stop part (8) made of fiber and epoxy resin laminate obtained by winding threads, which is surrounded by a rubber sleeve (80, 81, 82) providing a transition in diameter, and which is hollowed out by a cavity serving as a housing for an anchor part (9) attached to the end of a line cable (2).
Claims10
An articulated cable head for submarine links, the head having a universal joint including a universal joint head, a universal joint support and a ring, and wherein said support and said ring are made of a fiber and epoxy resin laminate by winding threads.
An articulated cable head for submarine links, said cable head having a universal joint including a universal joint head, a support and a ring, said support and said ring being made of a fiber and epoxy resin laminate by winding thread, said cable head further including a stop part which is fixed to the universal joint head and which includes a cavity serving as a housing for an anchor part which is attached to an end of a line cable, and said stop part being made of fiber and epoxy resin laminate by winding threads.
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