Electrical power transmission protectors with component grippers, and related methods
OwnerMartin S. Niles, Edmond LeRouzic +1inventors
InventorsMartin S. Niles, Edmond LeRouzic, Keith I Yeats
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Abstract
A dielectric cover for protecting a component of an electrical power transmission system, the dielectric cover comprising: an enclosing part having enclosing portions that are configured for relative movement to each other to enclose the component; and a gripping part having gripping portions that are configured for relative movement to each other to grip the component, the movement of the gripping portions being independent of the relative movement of the enclosing part.
Claims22
A dielectric cover for protecting a component of an electrical power transmission system, the dielectric cover comprising:
- an enclosing part having opposed enclosing portions that are configured for relative movement toward each other to enclose the component;
- a gripping part having gripping portions that are configured for relative movement to each other to grip the component, the movement of the gripping portions being independent of the relative movement of the enclosing part;
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- a hot stick connector connected to the dielectric cover.
A method for protecting a component of an electrical power transmission system, the method comprising:
- positioning a dielectric cover adjacent the component using a hot stick;
- using the hot stick or a second hot stick to secure a gripping part of a dielectric cover to the component, the gripping part connected to an enclosing part having opposed enclosing portions;
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- after securing the gripping part, using the hot stick or the second hot stick to move the opposed enclosing portions relative one another toward each other to close the opposed enclosing portions over the component, in which the relative movement of the opposed enclosing portions is independent of the gripping part.
A dielectric cover for protecting a component of an electrical power transmission system, the dielectric cover comprising:
- opposed portions that are connected by a hinge to be movable in relation toward each other about the hinge from an open position to a closed position and to define a component enclosing space at least when in the closed position;
- a component gripper on a first portion of the opposed portions, the component gripper being configured to grip the component independently of a second portion of the opposed portions to permit the opposed portions to be opened and closed relative to one another while the component gripper grips the component;
- a lock for securing the opposed portions together in the closed position;
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- a hot stick connector connected to the dielectric cover.
A dielectric cover for protecting a component of an electrical power transmission system, the dielectric cover comprising:
- an enclosing part having opposed enclosing portions that together form a lockable clamshell cover and that are hinged for relative movement toward each other to enclose the component, the opposed enclosing portions each having a respective hotstick connector;
- a gripper receiver on only one of the opposed enclosing portions;
- a gripper insert removably mounted on the gripper receiver, the gripper insert having spaced latching arms for receiving and gripping a part of the component by spring loading of the spaced latching arms, the spaced latching arms being movable by insertion of the part of the component between the latching arms, whereby by the latching arms being located on only one of the opposed enclosing portions, insertion of the part of the component between the latching arms does not move the opposed enclosing portions relative to each other and movement of the opposing enclosing portions relative to each other does not move the latching parts relative to each other;
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- a lock for securing the opposed enclosing portions together in a closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.