Abstract: A dry power cable termination has an insulation sleeve, a silicone rubber tube and a stress control cone. The insulation sleeve has an inlet and an outlet opposite to the inlet. The silicone rubber tube is disposed over an exterior of the insulation sleeve; and the stress control cone is received within the insulation sleeve. A power cable is inserted from the inlet of the insulation sleeve and extends out from the outlet of the insulation sleeve. The stress control cone is fitted over the power cable so as to prevent a local electric field concentration from occurring at a cutting end surface. The dry power cable termination furthermore has a shielding sleeve, an electrode, an electric connection assembly and a clamping pipe. The shielding sleeve is received within the insulation sleeve and fitted over an exposed segment of an insulation layer of the power cable.

Abstract: A power cable terminal is disclosed. The power cable terminal comprises an insulation tube having a first end and an opposite second end, a stress control cone received in the insulation tube, a base connected to the first end of the insulation tube and having a cylinder extending into the insulation tube, and a connector. The connector presses an end face of the stress control cone against an end face of the cylinder and hermetically seals the stress control cone to the cylinder.

Abstract: A pre-expanded cover assembly for protecting a cable splice connection including a cable, the cable including an electrical conductor surrounded by a cable insulation layer, includes a splice body assembly and a removable holdout. The splice body assembly includes a tubular, cold-shrinkable, electrically insulative, elastomeric splice body having an interior surface defining an interior passage. The splice body assembly further includes a tubular layer of a conformable medium pre-mounted on the interior surface of the splice body. The conformable medium is a flowable material having a high electrical permittivity. The splice body assembly is mounted on the holdout such that the holdout maintains the splice body in an elastically radially expanded state, and the holdout is selectively removable from the splice body to permit the splice body to elastically radially contract.

Abstract: A lightning arrester is disclosed. The lightning arrester comprises a housing, a body partially disposed in the housing, a cap disposed at a first end of the housing, and an elastic element compressed between the cap and the body.

Abstract: The disclosed power cable enables optical fibers to be installed after the power cable has been installed, thereby forming a hybrid cable. Segments of the power cable are manufactured with fiber installation tubes containing pulling members. When the power cable segments are coupled together, the fiber installation tubes and pulling members also are coupled together to form a fiber installation conduit and an extended pulling member. A fiber pull arrangement can be coupled to the extended pulling member and drawn through the fiber installation conduit within the power cable at any time subsequent to installation of the power cable.

Abstract: A cold shrinkable termination for an electric power cable that includes an insulation tube and stress control glue. When the cold shrinkable termination is mounted on the electric power cable, the stress control glue fills a gap between the electric power cable and the insulation tube so as to prevent local electric field concentration from occurring at an exposed end of the electric power cable. The stress control glue has a dielectric constant within a range of 5 to 100. In this cold shrinkable termination, a stress control glue with high dielectric constant is provided to optimize the electric-field distribution on an insulation surface of the electric power cable. Thereby, the structure of the cold shrinkable termination is simplified and the cost thereof is reduced. The cold shrinkable termination may be adapted to an electric power cable used to transmit voltage less than 26/35 kV.

Abstract: A silicon oil sensor has a conductive layer made of an organic silicone polymer doped with conductive particles.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a natural gas absorption device that includes (1) at least one porous, flexible container that has an average pore diameter and is permeable to natural gas, (2) a natural gas absorption material at least partially disposed in the container, the material having a volume average diameter larger than the average pore diameter of the container, and (3) a storage tank having an opening, the tank enclosing the container and the natural gas absorption material.

Abstract: A cold shrinkable termination is disclosed having an electric power cable, an insulation body, and a stress control tube. The electric power cable has a conductor core, an insulation layer covering the conductor core, and a conductive shielding layer covering the insulation layer. The insulation body has a first end portion and an opposite second end portion. The stress control tube is disposed in the insulation body adjacent to the second end portion of the insulation body. The stress control tube has a first tube portion directly overlapped on the insulation layer of the electric power cable, and a second tube portion directly overlapped on the conductive shielding layer of the electric power cable and extending a predetermined length thereon when the cold shrinkable termination is mounted on the electric power cable.

Abstract: The disclosed power cable enables optical fibers to be installed after the power cable has been installed, thereby forming a hybrid cable. Segments of the power cable are manufactured with fiber installation tubes containing pulling members. When the power cable segments are coupled together, the fiber installation tubes and pulling members also are coupled together to form a fiber installation conduit and an extended pulling member. A fiber pull arrangement can be coupled to the extended pulling member and drawn through the fiber installation conduit within the power cable at any time subsequent to installation of the power cable.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a natural gas absorption device that includes (1) at least one porous, flexible container that has an average pore diameter and is permeable to natural gas, (2) a natural gas absorption material at least partially disposed in the container, the material having a volume average diameter larger than the average pore diameter of the container, and (3) a storage tank having an opening, the tank enclosing the container and the natural gas absorption material.

Abstract: Provided is a composition comprising: an aqueous solution for etching a polymeric material comprising from about 30 wt. % to about 55 wt. % of an alkali metal salt; from about 10 wt. % to about 35 wt. % of a solubilizer dissolved in said solution; and from about 3 wt. % to about 30 wt. % ethylene glycol dissolved in said solution. Also provided is a process comprising: providing a polymeric film; contacting said polymeric film with an aqueous solution comprising from about 30 wt. % to about 55 wt. % of an alkali metal salt; from about 10 wt. % to about 35 wt. % of a solubilizer dissolved in said solution; and from about 3 wt. % to about 30 wt. % ethylene glycol dissolved in said solution.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an optical interconnect device comprising (a) a plurality of fiber optic cables, each cable having two ends and comprising at least one optical fiber surrounded by a protective jacket where the diameter of the fiber optic cable is larger than the diameter of the optical fiber and where the protective jacket at least a first end of the fiber optic cable has been removed thereby exposing the optical fibers; (b) a ribbonized assembly encasing a portion of the first end of the fiber optic cable and the optical fibers, where the optical fibers in the ribbonized assembly lie parallel to one another and has a first pitch; and (c) a ferrule attached to the ribbonized assembly, the ferrule having a plurality of internal grooves having a second pitch. The first pitch of the optical fibers is substantially equal to the second pitch of the ferrule.

Abstract: This invention relates to a ferrule for use in a fiber optic connector. The ferrule has front and rear faces and comprises (a) a passage being disposed inside the ferrule and having first and second ends, the passage having dimensions defined by the following formulas: (n*a)?H?(n+1)*a X?W?X+b where “W” is the passage width, “H” is the passage height, “X” is the measured with of a fiber optic ribbon, “n” is the number of fiber optic ribbons and n>1, “a” is the fiber optic ribbon thickness and “b” is the fiber pitch on a (b) a plurality of tapered channels disposed between the second end of the passage to said front face of the ferrule.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for polishing a multi-fiber ferrule assembly and the optical fibers protruding from the ferrule using at least one particle loaded film, at least one slurry, and at least one flocking film.

Abstract: The invention provides an apparatus for guiding at least one fiber optic ribbons into a ferule. The ferrule has front and rear faces, a longitudinal axis and at least one guide pin channel disposed parallel to the longitudinal axis. The apparatus comprises: (a) a cover; and (b) a base having first and second surfaces and comprising (i) a channel spanning from the first to the second surface, the channel being defined by a Cartesian coordinate system x, y, and z and having an x-dimension that coincides with the width of the fiber optic ribbon, and (ii) means for aligning said apparatus with said ferrule. When the cover is disposed on the base, a pocket is formed between the cover and the base. The height of the pocket coincides with the cumulative thickness of the number of fiber optic ribbons used.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an optical interconnect device comprising (a) a plurality of fiber optic cables, each cable having two ends and comprising at least one optical fiber surrounded by a protective jacket where the diameter of the fiber optic cable is larger than the diameter of the optical fiber and where the protective jacket at at least a first end of the fiber optic cable has been removed thereby exposing the optical fibers; (b) a ribbonized assembly encasing a portion of the first end of the fiber optic cable and the optical fibers, where the optical fibers in the ribbonized assembly lie parallel to one another and has a first pitch; and (c) a ferrule attached to the ribbonized assembly, the ferrule having a plurality of internal grooves having a second pitch. The first pitch of the optical fibers is substantially equal to the second pitch of the ferrule.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and a method of making a fiber optic device. The apparatus comprises at least one channel. Each channel comprises (a) an input zone for holding a plurality of fiber optic cables, each cable having at least one optical fiber; (b) a transition zone adjacent to the input zone; (c) an output zone adjacent to the transition zone, the output zone comprising at least one slot, each slot having a maximum width that is equal to a multiple of the optical fiber diameter plus one half optical fiber diameter.

Abstract: This invention relates to a ferrule for use in a fiber optic connector.

Abstract: The invention provides an apparatus for guiding at least one fiber optic ribbons into a ferule. The ferrule has front and rear faces, a longitudinal axis and at least one guide pin channel disposed parallel to the longitudinal axis. The apparatus comprises: (a) a cover; and (b) a base having first and second surfaces and comprising (i) a channel spanning from the first to the second surface, the channel being defined by a Cartesian coordinate system x, y, and z and having an x-dimension that coincides with the width of the fiber optic ribbon, and (ii) means for aligning said apparatus with said ferrule. When the cover is disposed on the base, a pocket is formed between the cover and the base. The height of the pocket coincides with the cumulative thickness of the number of fiber optic ribbons used.