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US 9,960,541 B2Granted
Subsea connector
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsChris Atkinson, Wesley Barrett, Ross Carrington, Kevin Higgs, Mark Santos
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Abstract
A subsea connector includes a recess arranged on an inner surface of the housing of the subsea connector. The recess is configured to receive a canted coil spring such that it provides an electrical multi-point contact between an outer shielding layer, sometimes referred to as a screen, of a subsea cable. The subsea connector further includes a link configured to releasably attach an earth link wire to the housing.
Claims20
A subsea connector, comprising:
- a housing having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface forming a passage,
- a recess arranged on the inner surface of the housing and configured to receive a canted coil spring,
- a link provided on the outer surface of the housing and configured to releasably attach an earth link wire to the housing,
- wherein when a subsea cable is arranged in the passage in the housing:
- the canted coil spring provides an electrical multi-point contact between an outer shielding layer of the subsea cable and the housing;
- and the inner surface, the recess, and the canted coil spring are configured to form an annular gap between the inner surface and the outer shielding layer of the subsea connector so that the inner surface and the outer shielding layer do not contact each other.
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A method, comprising:
- above sea, attaching an end of an earth link wire to a housing of a subsea connector, the housing having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface forming a passage,
- above sea, receiving a canted coil spring in a recess arranged on the inner surface of the housing,
- inserting a subsea cable into the passage,
- wherein when the subsea cable is arranged in the passage in the housing:
- the canted coil spring provides an electrical multi-point contact between an outer shielding layer of the subsea cable and the housing;
- and the inner surface, the recess, and the canted coil spring are configured to form an annular gap between the inner surface and the outer shielding layer of the subsea connector so that the inner surface and the outer shielding layer do not contact each other.
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A subsea connector, comprising:
- a housing having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface forming a passage,
- a canted coil spring,
- a recess arranged on the inner surface of the housing and configured to receive the canted coil spring such that the canted coil spring provides an electrical multi-point contact between an outer shielding layer of a subsea cable arranged in the passage and the housing, and
- a link provided on the outer surface of the housing and configured to releasably attach an earth link wire to the housing,
- wherein the link has a threading configured to engage with a counterpart threading of the earth link wire,
- wherein the housing comprises a circular shape and a protrusion,
- wherein the protrusion comprises a bore comprising the threading, and
- wherein an axis of the bore is parallel to an axis of the passage.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.