Patent ID: 8586866
Filing Date: 2013-11-19
Classification: E21B,H01R,H02G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for coupling ends of two insulated conductors, comprising: coupling an end portion of a core of a first insulated conductor to an end portion of a core of a second insulated conductor, wherein at least a part of the end portions of the cores are at least partially exposed; placing electrically insulating material over the exposed portions of the cores; placing an inner sleeve over end portions of the two insulated conductors to be coupled, wherein the end portions of the two insulated conductors comprise the exposed portions of the cores; placing an outer sleeve over the inner sleeve, wherein there is an open volume between the inner sleeve and the outer sleeve, and the outer sleeve comprises a port; coupling the inner sleeve and the outer sleeve to jackets of the insulated conductors; and providing a pressurized fluid into the open volume between the inner sleeve and the outer sleeve to compress the inner sleeve into the electrically insulating material and compact the electrically insulating material.