US 12,136,804 B2
Termination arrangement for an overhead electrical cable
Douglas A. Pilling, Bonita, CA (US)
Assigned to CTC Global Corporation, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by CTC Global Corporation, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 24, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/521,580.
Application 16/521,580 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/US2019/014986, filed on Jan. 24, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/621,173, filed on Jan. 24, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0194989 A1, Jun. 18, 2020
Int. Cl. H02G 7/05 (2006.01); H01B 5/10 (2006.01); H01R 11/12 (2006.01); H02G 1/02 (2006.01); H02G 7/00 (2006.01); H02G 15/06 (2006.01); H02G 15/18 (2006.01)
CPC H02G 7/056 (2013.01) [H01B 5/102 (2013.01); H01R 11/12 (2013.01); H02G 1/02 (2013.01); H02G 7/00 (2013.01); H02G 15/06 (2013.01); H02G 15/18 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A termination arrangement securing an overhead electrical cable to a dead-end structure, the overhead electrical cable having a composite strength member comprising a plurality of individual fiber-reinforced composite rods that are operatively combined to form the composite strength member and having conductive strands surrounding the composite strength member, the termination arrangement comprising:
a connector anchoring the termination arrangement to the dead-end structure;
an outer metallic sleeve surrounding the proximal end of the overhead electrical cable, the outer metallic sleeve having a compressed portion disposed over the proximal end of the overhead electrical cable; and
a compression sheath structure comprising a plurality of aluminum cylindrical tubes, wherein each of the plurality of aluminum cylindrical tubes is disposed over a different fiber-reinforced composite rod to create a ductile barrier between each of the fiber-reinforced composite rods along a length of the conductive strands under the compressed portion, wherein the compression sheath structure does not extend substantially beyond the compressed portion of a distal end of the termination arrangement.