Power cable system having different conductor connecting part, and power cable connection method having different conductors

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12567519-B2
Application number	US-202118283180-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 9, 2021
Priority date	Apr 5, 2021
Publication date	Mar 3, 2026
Grant date	Mar 3, 2026

Abstract

A power cable system and method for connecting multiple power cables and conductors thereby forming a cable connection structure. The multiple conductors have different melting points. The cable connection structure having volume rate increase regions of the multiple conductors formed by preprocessing of the multiple conductors to increase durability of the conductor connecting part in the cable connection structure. The multiple conductors are connected by resistance welding.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A power cable system, which includes a first power cable with a first conductor, a second power cable with a second conductor, and a cable connection structure for connecting the first power cable and the second power cable, wherein
the first conductor of the first power cable comprises a plurality of wires, the second conductor of the second power cable comprises a plurality of wires and is formed of a material different from a material of the first conductor, a melting point of the first conductor is higher than that of the second conductor, the cable connection structure comprises a different conductor connecting part formed by connecting the first conductor and the second conductor, the different conductor connecting part comprises a volume rate increase region of the first conductor and a volume rate increase region of the second conductor, and is formed by forming the volume rate increase region of the first conductor by preprocessing the first conductor to increase a volume rate by a certain length from a connecting surface (cs 1 ) of the first conductor, forming the volume rate increase region of the second conductor by preprocessing the second conductor to reduce a volume rate by a certain length from a connecting surface (cs 2 ) of the second conductor, and connecting the first conductor and the second conductor by resistance welding, wherein the preprocessing of the second conductor comprises forming a melt penetration path to extend from the connecting surface (cs 2 ) in a longitudinal direction of the second conductor before the connecting of the first conductor and the second conductor.

2 . The power cable system of claim 1 , wherein the preprocessing of the first conductor comprises connecting a pair of first conductors by welding and cutting a connecting part between the pair of first conductors to obtain a cut surface as the connecting surface (cs 1 ) of the first conductor.

3 . The power cable system of claim 2 , wherein, due to the preprocessing of the first conductor, the volume rate increased by the certain length from the connecting surface (cs 1 ) of the first conductor is 98% or more.

4 . The power cable system of claim 1 , wherein the first conductor is formed of copper or a copper alloy, and the second conductor is formed of aluminum or an aluminum alloy.

5 . The power cable system of claim 1 , wherein, due to the preprocessing of the second conductor, the volume rate reduced by the certain length from the connecting surface (cs 2 ) of the second conductor is 90% or less.

6 . The power cable system of claim 1 , wherein the melt penetration path is formed by drilling multiple points on the connecting surface (cs 2 ) of the second conductor by a drill.

7 . The power cable system of claim 1 , wherein the melt penetration path is formed by partially cutting and removing the plurality of wires of the second conductor from the connecting surface (cs 2 ) of the second conductor by using a cutting tool.

8 . The power cable system of claim 1 , wherein a volume rate of the volume rate increase region of the second conductor is 98% or more in a range of at least 3 mm from the connecting surface (cs) in a longitudinal direction of the second conductor.

9 . A power cable connection method of connecting a first power cable with a first conductor including a plurality of circular wires and a second power cable with a second conductor including a plurality of circular wires and formed of a material different from a material of the first conductor, the power cable connection method comprising:
preprocessing the first conductor by a certain length from a connecting surface (cs 1 ) of the first conductor to increase a volume rate to a predetermined level or more; preprocessing the second conductor by a certain length from a connecting surface (cs 2 ) of the second conductor to reduce a volume rate to a predetermined level or more; and performing resistance welding to bond the connecting surface (cs 1 ) of the first conductor and the connecting surface (cs 2 ) of the second conductor to form a different conductor connecting part, wherein the preprocessing of the second conductor is performed by forming a melt penetration path to extend by a predetermined length from the connecting surface (cs 2 ) of the second conductor before the connecting with the first conductor.

10 . The power cable connection method of claim 9 , wherein the melt penetration path is formed such that a volume rate of 90% or less of a certain length from the connecting surface (cs 2 ) of the second conductor.

11 . A power cable system, which includes a first power cable with a first conductor, a second power cable with a second conductor, and a cable connection structure for connecting the first power cable and the second power cable, wherein the first conductor of the first power cable comprises a plurality of wires,
the second conductor of the second power cable comprises a plurality of wires and is formed of a material different from a material of the first conductor, a melting point of the first conductor is higher than that of the second conductor, the cable connection structure comprises a different conductor connecting part formed by connecting the first conductor and the second conductor, the different conductor connecting part comprises a volume rate increase region of the first conductor and a volume rate increase region of the second conductor with respect to a connecting surface (cs), and bending strength of the different conductor connecting part is greater than that of the second conductor, wherein, before the connecting of the first conductor and the second conductor, the second conductor is processed to achieve a volume rate equal to or less than a predetermined level by forming a melt penetration path to extend from a connecting surface (cs 2 ) of the second conductor in a longitudinal direction of the second conductor.

12 . The power cable system of claim 11 , wherein a volume rate of the volume rate increase region of the second conductor is 98% or more in a range of at least 3 mm from the connecting surface (cs) in a longitudinal direction of the second conductor.

13 . The power cable system of claim 11 , wherein the first conductor is formed of copper or a copper alloy, and the second conductor is formed of aluminum or an aluminum alloy.

14 . The power cable system of claim 11 , wherein a diameter of the first conductor is less than that of the second conductor.

15 . The power cable system of claim 14 , wherein an O-ring with an inclined outer circumferential surface is bonded on the different conductor connecting part to finish a step caused by the difference in diameter between the first conductor and the second conductor to have an inclined surface.

16 . The power cable system of claim 11 , wherein the volume rate increase region of the first conductor is processed to increase a volume rate by a predetermined length before welding of the first conductor and the second conductor.

17 . The power cable system of claim 16 , wherein the first conductor is processed by a certain length from a connecting surface (cs 1 ) thereof to achieve a volume rate of 98% or more before connecting with the second conductor.

18 . The power cable system of claim 11 , wherein the second conductor is processed to achieve a volume rate of 90% or less.

Assignees

• Ls Cable & System Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Jeong Ik
• Im Sung Jin
• Lee Je Hyun
• Hong Sung Ho

Classifications

• H01B1/02

  mainly consisting of metals or alloys · CPC title

• B23K2103/12

  Copper or alloys thereof · CPC title

• B23K2103/10

  Aluminium or alloys thereof · CPC title

• B23K2103/18

  Dissimilar materials · CPC title

• B23K11/04

  Flash butt welding · CPC title