Patent ID: 8664529
Filing Date: 2014-03-04
Classification: H01R,H02G

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for connecting the free ends of two electrical power transmission line segments having conductor strands disposed around a central, reinforcing core, the apparatus comprising: an inner sleeve having a body defining an inner bore passing through an axially-extending, central axis, an outer rim surface disposed radially outward from the central bore, and one or more axially-extending grooves penetrating the body at the outer rim surface; an outer splice having a tubular shaped body with a bore passing coaxially through the central axis, the bore defining an inner diameter surface for accepting said inner sleeve; and wherein the inner bore of the inner sleeve accepts the reinforcement cores of the two conductors when assembled, and the grooves accept the conductor strands in an overlapping configuration when assembled so that a majority of the electrical current flows between the overlapped conductor strands when the conductors are transmitting electrical current.