Patent ID: 7526175
Filing Date: 2009-04-28
Classification: G02B,H02G

Abstract:
1. A feedthrough of a submarine repeater for introducing a tail cable connected to a submarine cable having a transmission line and a feed line into said submarine repeater, said feedthrough comprising: a tail cable introduction unit having an insulator for internally installing said transmission line and said feed line, said tail cable introduction unit introducing said tail cable connected to said submarine cable into said submarine repeater; a cap member for fixing said tail cable introduction unit on said submarine repeater, said cap member attached to an outer circumferential surface of said insulator; and a rubber film disposed between the cap member and the outer circumferential surface of said insulator to cover at least a portion of the outer circumferential surface of said insulator, wherein said rubber film extends from said tail cable introduction unit along said tail cable to a portion where said tail cable extending from said cap member is situated in seawater.