Method of reducing electrical discharge in a structure
AssigneeCooper Technologies Company
InventorsRoss S. Daharsh, Mike E. Potter, Paul N. Stoving, E. Fred Bestel
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Abstract
A current interrupter assembly includes an insulating structure, a current interrupter embedded in the structure, a conductor element embedded in the structure, a current interchange embedded in the structure and connected to create a current path between the current interrupter and the conductor element, and a semiconductive layer covering at least a portion of the conductor element so as to reduce voltage discharge between the conductor element and the structure.
Claims42
A method of reducing electrical discharge in a structure including a conductive element and a low-potential element comprising:
- covering a portion of the conductive element with a semiconductive layer configured to reduce discharges between the conductive element and the structure;
- positioning the conductive element and the low-potential element in a mold;
- filling the mold with a material such that the material contacts at least a portion of the semiconductive layer and the low-potential element;
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- curing the material to produce the structure.
A method of reducing electrical discharge in a molded unitary structure, the method comprising:
- covering at least a portion of a conductive element with a semiconductive layer configured to reduce voltage discharges from the conductive element;
- positioning the conductive element and at least a portion of the semiconductive layer in a mold;
- positioning a current interrupter in the mold;
- positioning a current interchange in the mold, the current interchange being connected to create a current path between the current interrupter and the conductive element;
- filling the mold with a material;
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- curing the material to produce the molded unitary structure such that the conductive element, the portion of the semiconductive layer, and the current interrupter are embedded in the molded unitary structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.