Patent ID: 8816203
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A fitting for coupling an end of a first insulated conductor to an end of a second insulated conductor, comprising: a first splice housing placed over the end of the first insulated conductor and coupled to the first insulated conductor, the first splice housing having an interior volume that tapers from a larger diameter at the end of the first splice housing facing the end of the first insulated conductor to a smaller diameter at or near the end of the first splice housing coupled to the first insulated conductor; a second splice housing placed over the end of the second insulated conductor and coupled to the second insulated conductor, the second splice housing having an interior volume that tapers from a larger diameter at the end of the second splice housing facing the end of the second insulated conductor to a smaller diameter at or near the end of the second splice housing coupled to the second insulated conductor; and a sleeve located over the end of the second insulated conductor and adjacent to the second splice housing, the sleeve being coupled to at least one of the splice housings; wherein an interior volume of the fitting is substantially filled with electrically insulating material such that there are substantially no macroscopic voids in the interior volume of the fitting, and wherein the interior volume of the fitting has been reduced after substantially filling the interior volume with electrically insulating material such that the electrically insulating material substantially filling the interior volume is compacted.