Underwater splice for submarine coaxial cable

Patent · Mon Oct 29 23:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:5997130

Inouye, A T; Roe, T Jr; Tausing, W R; Wilson, J V

The invention is a device for splicing submarine coaxial cable underwater on the seafloor with a simple push-on operation to restore and maintain electrical and mechanical strength integrity; the splice device is mateable directly with the severed ends of a coaxial cable to be repaired. Splicing assemblies comprise a dielectric pressure compensating fluid filled guide cavity, a gelled castor oil cap and wiping seals for exclusion of seawater, electrical contacts, a cable strength restoration mechanism, and a pressure compensation system for controlled extrusion of and depletion loss prevention of dielectric seal fluid during cable splicing. A splice is made underwater by directly inserting prepared ends of coaxial cable, having no connector attachments, into splicing assemblies.

• Assignee: Secretary of the Navy
• Patent Number(s): US 4479690
• OSTI ID: 5997130
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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42 ENGINEERING
422000* -- Engineering-- Mining & Underground Engineering-- (1980-)
CABLES
COAXIAL CABLES
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CONTROL
DIELECTRIC MATERIALS
ELECTRIC CABLES
ELECTRIC CONTACTS
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
EQUIPMENT
MATERIALS
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
OPERATION
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PRESSURE CONTROL
REPAIR
TOOLS
UNDERWATER OPERATIONS