Abstract: A structure for an electrical cable which may be used as a high-frequency signal transmission line and which includes a jacket which is highly permeable by fluids to reduce the time required for stabilization of impedance and transmission speed of the cable upon placement into an environment characterized by a fluid dielectric having a different dielectric constant. The permeable jacket also facilitates electrical connection to a shield conductor of the transmission line, exposed through apertures in the jacket, by use of electrically conductive potting materials, and without the need to remove any portions of the jacket surrounding the shield conductor to which electrical connection is to be made.

Abstract: A telecommunication cable in which pairs of twisted together conductors are spaced apart to minimize capacitance unbalance and cross-talk. A central core member may be provided with the conductor pairs extending around the core member which may have spokes to separate the conductor pairs. Alternatively, the cable jacket has inwardly directed spacers which separate the conductor pins and hold them in recesses defined by the jacket.

Abstract: A tunnel multiconnect system comprising a substrate of flexible dielectric material, a plurality of at least three first line conductors supported on the substrate to form a multiconductor pattern, a second conductor shaped to form a ground plane, a structure for mechanically positioning the second conductor in spaced relation to the multiconductor pattern to form a tunnel therebetween, and connectors located at each end of the first conductors for coupling the first conductors and the ground plane to respective multiport terminals of electrical subassemblies thereby forming a flexible high speed ribbon interconnect system.

Abstract: An improved fence construction includes an elongated plastic strip with the edges of the strip folded over parallel wires. The wires may be electrified. The plastic strip may be coded, decorated or laminated with other materials to provide an improved fence material for use in combination with fence posts to provide the appearance of a multirail fence, for example.

Abstract: For each phase, a metal-clad line comprises a phase conductor surrounded by an aluminum sheath, with each aluminum sheath being surrounded by a sheath which is gas-tight relative to the outside. The inside of said gas-tight sheath(s) is/are filled with a gas having good dielectric properties. The aluminum sheath is made up of two half-shells with each half-shell being formed by a folded strip whose section is in the form of a semicircle terminated at each end by a shoulder and a flat, with the two half-shells being juxtaposed and assembled to each other via their flats. The invention also provides a method of manufacturing the metal-clad line which is particularly applicable to underground metal-clad lines.

Abstract: An arrangement for improving the electromagnetic compatibility of an electrical device provided with an interference irradiation susceptible conduit, especially an electronic control device of an internal combustion engine of a power vehicle comprises at least one conductor, at least one conductor surrounded by a dielectric, at least one screen, a holding unit for holding the conductors at a predetermined, selectable distance from the screen in a mounting position, and a mass which forms the dielectric and surrounds the conductors in the mounting position.

Abstract: The present invention consists of a cable especially suited to the transmission of audio-frequency signals, cable in which one or more of the conductors is tubular. The conductors are constructed and spaced so that the assembly approaches theoretical and empirical ideals of electrical signal transmission. Further, the cable's terminations are designed to enhance transmission by bringing the conductors into direct contact with the connectors on the devices with which the cable is used.

Abstract: A sanitary system for thermostatically controlled supply of hot and cold water to a number of tapping locations includes a hot water storage container, piping to the tapping locations, thermostatically controlled mixing valves and tapping faucets or valves. The thermostatically controlled mixing valves are located at the water heater or storage container, and a tapping valve for adjustment and control of the water quantity is mounted at each separate tapping location. One single pipe line extends from each mixing valve to the respective tapping location. The system includes a microprocessor control with a manual temperature control at each tapping location for selection of water temperature, and a thermostatically influenced control system for each of the mixing valves including a processor controlled mechanical drive for adjustment of each mixing valve in correspondence with the water temperature defined at the tapping location.

Abstract: To improve the mechanical strength of a rubber hose cable, support elements are arranged between the conductors and the support elements are connected to a high tensile strength wrapping applied with a lay opposite the twisted conductors with adhesion or by cementing.

Abstract: A crush and abrasion resistant, sealed, impervious, flexible protective jacket assembly for oil and gas wells containing a plurality of electrical and/or fluid conductors that are oriented in linear, spaced, parallel relation. A pair of elongated protective metal sheets define elongated conductor grooves. The metal sheets are joined by welding to define a plurality of elongated chambers containing one or more of the conductors. The chambers are sealed from the atmosphere and may be filled with a non-gaseous dielectric material to prevent the development of corona discharge that might cause deterioration of the protective jacket assembly. The configuration of the sheets of protective material is such that the development of corona discharge is resisted. A pair of metal longitudinal structural elements are attached at opposed sides of the protective jacket assembly and prevent damage thereto by abrasion, crushing, bending, etc.

Abstract: A three-phase combined type gas insulated bus is disclosed which comprises at least one eddy current conductor for passing the eddy current caused secondarily by the current flowing in high voltage conductors, thus solving the problem of a newly-found phenomenon that the temperature of a sealed casing increases by the flow of the eddy current. This eddy current conductor is made of such a material of good electrical conductivity as aluminum or copper. Even in the case where the sealed casing is reduced in diameter to such an extent as to pose a problem of temperature increase by the eddy current flow, the eddy current is reduced or completely eliminated in the best case, so that the sealed casing can be made of a low cost soft steel.

Abstract: An electrical cable for very high voltage underground power transmission comprises two or more inner conductors (2) which are twisted together and are supported within the gas-filled void of a hollow extruded plastic cable sheath (4) by means of a plurality of spacers (3) which are positioned along the length of the cable, each spacer (3) being formed of solid dielectric material with a number of angularly spaced radial webs equal to the number of conductors in the cable and being engaged with the twisted conductors with the webs extending from the cable axis radially outwardly between the conductors into contact with the inner wall of the cable sheath (4) where the outermost ends of the webs engage with complementarily shaped portions (5) of the sheath (4) providing for reduction of the electrical stresses at the spacer ends.

Abstract: A three-phase gas insulated bus has three high voltage conductors inside a grounded cylindrical metal sheath filled with an insulating gas. The conductors are integrally supported by a single spacer having three supporting parts. The spacer is radially slidably coupled with the inner wall of the sheath.

Abstract: A gas-insulated transmission line includes an outer enclosure, an inner conductor insulatably supported within the outer conductor, and an insulating gas providing electrical insulation of the inner conductor. The outer enclosure includes a cylindrical insulating pipe or sheath with a separate electrostatic shield disposed on the sheath. The pressure containing function is separated from the electrostatic shielding function, thereby minimizing the use of the more expensive electrostatic shielding material for the pressure containing function.

Abstract: A gas insulated transmission line includes an elongated outer sheath, a plurality of inner conductors disposed within and extending along the outer sheath, and an insulating gas which electrically insulates the inner conductors from the outer sheath. A support insulator insulatably supports the inner conductors within the outer sheath, with the support insulator comprising a main body portion including a plurality of legs extending to the outer sheath, and barrier portions which extend between the legs. The barrier portions have openings therein adjacent the main body portion through which the inner conductors extend.

Abstract: A gas-filled cable having low heat emission and low power loss and being used for the transmission of high-voltage electric current. The cable includes one or more conductors which are axially spaced in position relative to each other by means of supporting insulators inside an enclosing conduit which is filled with an insulating gaseous medium. In such a cable the conduit comprises on one hand a cylindrical metal sheath of plain or low-alloy merchant steel having a carbon content of less than 0.6% and on the other hand a metal shield of non-magnetic material fixed inside the sheath and having a low specific electrical resistivity. The metal shield has a plurality of openings therethrough spaced along its length for forming particle traps.

Abstract: A gas-insulated transmission line is formed of a plurality of outer sheath sections joined together lengthwise, with a conductor disposed therein. A two leg insulating spacer supports the conductor within the sheath sections, and axially extending grooves on said sheath sections receive the ends of the insulating spacer.

Abstract: A three phase gas pipe cable is disclosed which has at least one gas pipe cable section in which three phase conductors are arranged in a triangular configuration within an enclosing pipe. Each phase conductor is supported by at least one supporting insulator such that the longitudinal axis of each phase conductor is substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the enclosing pipe. The supporting insulator is connected by a slide bearing member to the enclosing pipe. The slide bearing member accommodates an insulator foot end of the supporting insulator in such a manner that the supporting insulator is capable of motion in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the enclosing pipe.

Abstract: A cable support assembly for the electrical cables between sealed electrical penetration assemblies within a reactor penetration nozzle has been detailed. The cable support assembly is anchored at one end and slidably movable at the other end to provide for seismic and thermal movement. The cable support assembly includes conduits for protecting and shielding the cables which are disposed within the conduits.

Abstract: A paper pulp insulated cable of the kind having a plurality of conductors covered with paper pulp insulation. The insulated conductors are twisted into pairs, the pairs are stranded into units and the units are built up into cores, covered with, for example, a paper wrap, aluminum, steel sheath and a polyethylene jacket. The cable has a high density of conductors. Also a method of manufacturing such cables is described.

Abstract: A gas-insulated transmission line including an elongated outer sheath and a plurality of elongated inner conductors disposed within the outer sheath. An insulating gas electrically insulates the conductors from the sheath, and support means insulatably support the conductors within the sheath. The interior of the outer sheath is separated into a plurality of discrete compartments by walls, with each compartment having disposed therein one of the inner conductors. The compartmentalization of the outer sheath minimizes the possibility of a fault being transferred from one inner conductor to the other conductors.

Abstract: A cable comprising a disc insulated coaxial structure in which said discs are designed with notches in which are located optical fibres extending parallel with the inner conductor of the coaxial structure. An insulating keeper wire is forced into the notch to prevent the free fibres escaping therefrom. One or several fibres are contained within each notch.

Abstract: A compressed gas-insulated transmission line (CGIT) system, apparatus and techniques are disclosed in which extruded grooves along the inner surface of an encasing sheath are provided for simplified alignment and mounting of insulative spacers. The spacers, mounted to the alignment grooves, support current-carrying conductors within the sheath assembly in either a sliding or fixed relationship to the groove. Spacers in a sliding configuration may be provided with bearings to further simplify alignment. The spacers can be aligned longitudinally to permit the optimization of the mechanical and electrical characteristics of the system. Traps for unwanted particulate matter at large within the system may be provided by arcuately mounted perforate plates across the grooves, by radially mounted perforate fixtures, or by lips at the junction of the arcuate segments comprising the encasing sheath. Spacer and trap configurations can be combined in a single assembly.

Abstract: A system having one or more tubular conductors disposed within shield means containing a dielectric surrounding the conductors is used to transmit electrical power. Liquid coolant is directed along a supply line from a source and into the conductors. Each conductor has a plurality of tubular insulators at spaced locations along its length to remove coolant vapor from within the conductor to maintain single phase flow while at the same time operating under two-phase cooling. Another line receives the vapor and returns it to the source of liquification. Several embodiments of the system are disclosed.

Abstract: Three single-conductor cables are laid down such that viewed in cross-section they are located at the vertices of an equilateral triangle, or else they are laid down in a common plane. Each cable is internally water cooled, and provided with a respective return-flow pipe for cooling water. The return-flow pipes are located on phase-angle loci for two phase angles .phi..sub.1.sbsb.1 and .phi..sub.1.sbsb.2, where the phase angle in question is the phase angle of the longitudinal voltage induced in the return-flow pipes by current flowing in the cables. The two phase angles differ by 180.degree.. As a result, no longitudinal voltages are induced in the return-flow pipes and/or the longitudinal voltages induced in successive sections of the pipes cancel each other out so as to result in no net induced longitudinal voltage.

Abstract: A direction-changing arrangement for a three-phase pipe-type gas-pressurized electrical cable constituted principally by rigid straight pipe lengths connected in series and wherein the axes of the three phase conductors supported within the pipe when viewed in cross-section form a triangle. The desired change in direction is accomplished by interposing a spherical elbow pipe between two straight pipe lengths which includes a pair of branch pipe stubs connected to the ends of the adjoining straight pipe lengths, and three curved conductor members supported within the elbow and arranged symmetrically to the plane formed by the respective axes of the two branch pipe stubs which intersect at the center of the elbow. Three intermediate conductor sections are provided and these serve to interconnect the ends of the three inner conductors within the adjoining straight pipe lengths with the ends of the three curved conductor members within the elbow.

Abstract: A multipair telephone cable especially designed to carry interoffice traffic consists of copper conductors insulated with expanded plastic with or without a solid plastic skin. The copper gauge size, insulation expansion factor and dielectric diameter are uniquely designed to consume a minimum of cable cross-section area while permitting use of the cable to provide voice frequency circuits in a manner comparable to normal; 24-gauge cable as well as to provide carrier frequency circuits operating in the range of from about 100 kHz to 8.0 MHz comparably to normal 22-gauge cable. The cable includes pairs twisted according to a constant twist frequency spacing concept.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a compressed gas insulated cable which includes the steps of securing an electrical conductor to an insulating spacer; securing the spacer to a sheath section which forms a portion of circumference of the outer sheath of the gas insulated cable; and then sealingly securing the sheath sector together to form the outer shell.

Abstract: This invention relates to a multi-conductor laminated cable which comprises a plurality of insulated wire conductor twisted pairs laminated between plastic film, the twisted pairs being aligned in the laminated cable in a manner such that each of the twisted pairs may be separated and terminated more readily, and faster, than present state of the art laminated twisted pair cable -- with little sacrifice in the electrical characteristics. Further, the resulting laminated cable of this invention has an overall narrower cable width for a given number of twisted pairs laminated therein.

Abstract: A cable for telephone or other communication circuits comprises a number of conductor arrays, specifically pairs or quads of helically intertwined conductors, each conductor having a metal core coated with a thermoplastic sheath in which a multiplicity of short cellulose fibers are embedded; the fibers have an average length of about 1 mm and project generally radially from the sheath over the greater part of their length. The fibers of the twisted wires interpenetrate and form a mat in the intervening spaces which swells in the event of water penetration through a defective envelope, thereby limiting the propagation of moisture along the cable.

Abstract: Portable direct current resistance welding apparatus incorporating a flexible cable assembly comprising a pair of flexible conductors maintained at a fixed distance from one another with restraining means which prevent the separate cables from moving one with respect to the other. A flexible sleeve holds the conductors in parallel relationship to one another at a distance of at least four inches by means of a multiplicity of separating and restraining means fastened to the sleeve at intervals along its length while retaining full flexibility in the cable assembly.

Abstract: Transmission lines using tubular extendible elements in which two such elements are combined to form a coaxial type transmission line or a two-wire transmission line and in which a single element is constructed as a two-wire transmission line and tubular extendible elements and other structures using materials having various temperature coefficients.

Abstract: A voltage transformer for an insulated high-voltage switching apparatus of the type including a metallic outer tubular casing in which an electrical conductor is disposed, and a tubular sleeve disposed about the conductor within the casing. The sleeve forms both a surface type electrode and in conjunction with the electrical conductor of the apparatus, a high potential capacitor. The improvement of the invention comprises a coupling arrangement, fabricated of electrical insulation material, which is fastened at one end of the tubular sleeve and is coupled to the casing of the apparatus. A support arrangement, also fabricated of electrical insulation material, is fastened at the other end of the tubular sleeve and disposed in engagement with the inner surface of the apparatus casing. The coupling and support arrangements function in conjunction with each other to support the tubular sleeve in the apparatus casing about the electrical conductor.

Abstract: A three-phase high-voltage superconducting cable having three hollow superconductors in a trefoil configuration and three heat shields disposed radially outward from the superconductors, all enclosed in an evacuated pipe. The heat shields are also in a trefoil configuration; they are electrically isolated from one another, from the superconductors, and from ground in order to suppress the flow of induced currents. The pipe provides mechanical protection of the foregoing elements, serves as vacuum vessel and carries the a-c shielding current induced by the cable load current.

Abstract: An improved voltage transformer for use in a gas insulated or liquid insulated high voltage switching installation enclosed within a metal encapsulation and carrying several conductors, in which each conductor is surrounded by a tube which is conductive at least on its surface which faces the conductor with the tubes connected to each other through attachment means which attach them in an insulated manner to the metal encapsulation. The resulting arrangement causes each tube together with the conductor within it to form a high potential capacitor which can be coupled in series with a low potential capacitor to form a voltage divider with the voltage taken off the low potential capacitor and used to provide an indication of the voltage present on the conductor. Tubes which are plastic with conductive coatings and metal tubes are disclosed with the tubes fastened to at least one support disk of insulating material which is then attached to the metal encapsulation.