Installation for high-voltage electric cables

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11217972-B2
Application number	US-202016864975-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 1, 2020
Priority date	May 7, 2019
Publication date	Jan 4, 2022
Grant date	Jan 4, 2022

Abstract

This installation has at least one electric cable (12) having three conductors. At least one cable duct contains at least one section of the cable (12) and at least one connection chamber (10) in which two sections of the cable (12) are connected by means of a connection joint (14). The cable (12) is a helical assembly of the three conductors which comprises neither armouring nor sheath around this assembly.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An installation comprising:
at least one electric cable having three conductors in a helical assembly in contact with one another,
at least one cable duct containing at least one section of said at least one cable and
at least one connection chamber in which two sections of said at least one cable are connected by means of a connection joint,
wherein said at least one electric cable has neither armouring nor sheath around said assembly.

2. The installation according to claim 1 , wherein said installation further comprises at least one retention element disposed around said at least one cable in said connection chamber.

3. The installation according to claim 2 , wherein said installation comprises two retention elements placed respectively at opposite ends of said connection chamber.

4. The installation according to claim 2 , wherein said at least one retention element is a three-core clamp.

5. The installation according to claim 1 , wherein said connection joint is inserted approximately equidistant from the opposite ends of said connection chamber.

6. The installation according to claim 1 , wherein the installation further comprises at least one stiffening element fixed onto a segment of predetermined length of said at least one cable and/or of said connection joint, in said connection chamber.

7. The installation according to claim 6 , wherein said at least one stiffening element comprises a rigid bar.

8. The installation according to claim 6 , wherein said installation further comprises a plurality of stiffening elements fixed onto segments of predetermined length of said at least one cable and of said connection joint.

9. The installation according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one cable duct comprises an internal wall and at least one sealing element blocking the space between said helical assembly of said three conductors and said internal wall in a watertight manner.

10. The installation according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one cable duct is made of a thermoplastic material.

Assignees

• Nexans

Inventors

• Fehlbaum Jean
• Mouchangou Christian

Classifications

• H02G9/10

  in cable chambers, e.g. in manhole or in handhole · CPC title

• H01B7/0009

  Details relating to the conductive cores · CPC title

• H02G3/0456

  Ladders or other supports · CPC title

• H02G3/0406 Primary

  Details thereof (installation or suspension of conduit channels and other supports H02G3/263) · CPC title

• H02G15/117 Primary

  for multiconductor cables · CPC title