Abstract: The present invention relates to a device which is used to repair a damaged insulating jacket on an electrical cable. The device is shrunk down around the cable without the use of heat to provide an impervious, protective covering. More particularly, the invention includes a sheet or sleeve which is elongated and held in that state by removable support struts. After covering the damaged area of the cable jacket, the struts are withdrawn to allow the sheet or sleeve to shrink down around the cable.

Abstract: An electrical cable accessory, such as a terminator or an electrical connector element, to be installed at the terminus of a shielded electrical cable using a lubricant to ease the installation has an opening for receiving the cable and a flared inlet passage through which the cable terminus passes, the configuration of the inlet passage permitting the lubricant to enter the opening during installation and assuring that the cable will be gripped appropriately within the opening upon completion of the installation.

Abstract: An adaptor for placement at the terminus of an electrical power distribution cable having diametral dimensions falling within a given range of sizes, the cable being of the oil-filled type including a conductor, a paper insulator and a lead jacket, to seal the terminus and enable installation, in the field, of an electrical connector for use in an electrical power distribution system. The adaptor includes a sleeve portion of insulating material for placement over the cable insulation, a conductor-sealing portion for receiving the conductor of the cable, a jacket-sealing portion for juxtaposition with the lead jacket to seal the juncture between the lead jacket and the adaptor, a dielectric filler for placement between the cable insulation and the sleeve portion, and an electrical stress control member for controlling electrical stress along the interface between the cable insulation and the dielectric filler.

Abstract: An interconnecting terminator bracket member and a resilient ring-shaped sleeve member are provided with a fastening means for releasably snap-locking the sleeve onto an electrical terminator for electrical cables without a need for nuts, bolts, screws, washers, and other conventional-type fastener hardware at the sleeve. The fastener means comprises two resiliently loaded spaced elements which project from an opening in the sleeve and a detent means which is formed within the bracket. The opening enables the two spaced elements to be squeezed or compressed towards one another. The detent means is uniquely configured to maintain the elements in a compressed state at the start of insertion, momentarily release the two compressed elements from compression forces exerted thereon during insertion, and completely enclose the elements when in the compressed state once insertion is complete. The fastener means is operated by inserting the elements when in the compressed state within confines of the detent means.

Abstract: A radial void present at the juncture of interengaged electrical connector elements in an electrical connection is reduced in size and relocated to a position of lesser electrical stress by a flexible annular lip integral with one of the connector elements and urged, in response to completion of the connection, into the void.