Patent ID: 6111200
Filing Date: 2000-08-29
Classification: B29C,B29K,H02G,Y10S

Abstract:
Cold shrinkable protection element (2, 8, 3) for covering a joint (4) between two electrical cable-ends (5) connected to electrical cables, said element including a first (2) and a second (3) sleeve, both sleeves being elastically expandable in a radial direction, being coaxially superimposed each upon the other and being made of compounds of cross-linked polymeric material for surrounding said joint (4) in a radial elastically expanded condition, the first sleeve (2) which is radially inside the second sleeve (3) being electrically insulating at least for a part of its thickness, characterized in that a shrinking speed of the cross-linked compound constituting said second sleeve (3) is higher than a shrinking speed of the cross-linked compound constituting said first sleeve (2) at temperatures between 0.degree. and 40.degree. C.