Subsea container electrical through connector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8968037-B2
Application number	US-201113825884-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 9, 2011
Priority date	Sep 24, 2010
Publication date	Mar 3, 2015
Grant date	Mar 3, 2015

Abstract

A subsea container electrical through connector for providing an electrical connection from an interior of a subsea container to an exterior of the subsea container is disclosed, wherein the connector extends partially into or fully through a hole in a subsea container. The connector comprises a conductive bolt having a conical bolt portion with an outer diameter increasing in a longitudinal direction. Further, the connector comprises an electrical insulator having a conical insulator portion with an inner surface, facing the conical bolt portion of the bolt, and an outer surface having an outer diameter which increases in the longitudinal direction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A subsea container electrical through connector for providing an electrical connection from an interior of a subsea container to an exterior of the subsea container, the connector comprising:
a bolt of a conducting material, the bolt having:
a front bolt portion at a first longitudinal end of the bolt;
a first connection structure formed in the front bolt portion and configured to engage a first conductor;
a rear bolt portion at a second longitudi…

Assignees

• Boe Ove
• Harbecke Günter
• Johansen Frode
• Stroemsvik Torbjoern
• Siemens Ag

Inventors

• Boe Ove
• Harbecke Günter
• Johansen Frode
• Stroemsvik Torbjoern

Classifications

• H01R4/56

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01R13/533 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01R13/523

  Electricity · mapped topic

• E21B33/0385

  Fixed Constructions · mapped topic