Patent ID: 7080996
Filing Date: 2006-07-25
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A coupling arrangement for use in subsea electrical power distribution comprising a first coupling part, which is provided with a first contact member arranged in a first contact housing and an attachment for a first power conduit, and a second coupling part, which is provided with a second contact member arranged in a second contact housing and an attachment for a second power conduit to be connected to the first power conduit by means of the coupling arrangement, wherein the second contact housing is removably securable to the first contact housing, a gap being provided between the first contact member and the second contact member when the contact housings are secured to each other, and a contact element is displaceably arranged in the contact housing of one of the coupling parts so as to be displaceable in relation to the contact member of the associated coupling part towards the contact member of the other coupling part, when the contact housings are secured to each other, from a first position, in which no electric connection between the first contact member and the second contact member is established by the contact element, and into a second position, in which the contact element is establishing electric connection between the first contact member and the second contact member.