Electrical connector including silicone elastomeric material and associated methods
AssigneeHomac Mfg. Company
InventorsRoy E. Jazowski, Matthew D. Cawood
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Abstract
An electrical connector may include a connector body having a passageway therethrough. The connector body may include a first layer adjacent the passageway, a second layer surrounding the first layer and comprising an insulative silicone elastomeric material, and a third layer surrounding the second layer. The third layer preferably has a relatively low resistivity, and may also include a semiconductive silicone elastomeric material. In some embodiments, the first layer may also include a semiconductive silicone elastomeric material. The silicone elastomeric material layers may be overmolded.
Claims25
An electrical connector comprising:
- a connector body having a passageway therethrough, the passageway having first and second ends and a medial portion with at least one bend therein between the first and second ends, said connector body comprising
- a first layer adjacent the bend and spaced inwardly from the first and second ends of the passageway and comprising at least one outwardly extending rib adjacent the bend of the passageway,
- a second layer surrounding said first layer and comprising an insulative silicone elastomeric material, and
- a third layer surrounding said second layer and comprising a semiconductive silicone elastomeric material.
An electrical connector comprising:
- a connector body having a passageway therethrough, the passageway having first and second ends and a medial portion with at least one bend therein between the first and second ends, said connector body comprising
- a first layer adjacent the bend and spaced inwardly from the first and second ends of the passageway,
- a second layer surrounding said first layer and comprising an insulative silicone elastomeric material, and
- a third layer surrounding said second layer and comprising a semiconductive silicone elastomeric material;
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- a cold shrink core positioned within at least a portion of the passageway.
An electrical connector comprising:
- a connector body having a passageway therethrough, the passageway having first and second ends and a medial portion with at least one bend therein between the first and second ends, said connector body comprising
- a first layer adjacent the bend and spaced inwardly from the first and second ends of the passageway,
- a second layer surrounding said first layer and comprising an insulative silicone elastomeric material, and
- a third layer surrounding said second layer and comprising a semiconductive silicone elastomeric material, and
- an outer end portion adjacent the first end of the passageway with a flared shape defining an inner surface extending to an end of the passageway and being radially spaced apart from an opposing outer surface of a shoulder of an electrical bushing insert.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.