Patent ID: 6857901

Claim:
A connector device for high-voltage cables, said device comprising: a primary enclosing insulator and a secondary enclosing insulator, the primary enclosing insulator for mounting on a primary inner conductor of a first high voltage cable and the secondary enclosing insulator for mounting on a secondary inner conductor of a second high voltage cable; an electric hookup element; a plurality of primary shielding extensions and a plurality of secondary shielding extensions; and a plurality of compressed electric insulators; wherein the electric hookup element is for connecting two such inner high voltage conductors, said primary shielding extensions are for enclosing the primary enclosing insulator, and said secondary shielding extensions are for enclosing the secondary enclosing insulator, and said primary and secondary shielding extensions are for being made integral with each other, so that such primary and secondary high voltage inner conductors and the electric hookup element are electrically insulated from the primary and secondary shielding extensions by said compressed electric insulators, wherein the extent to which the inner conductors and hookup element are electrically insulated from the shielding extensions is a function of the magnitude of the compression among the compressed electric insulators.