Patent ID: 7414195

Claim:
A synthetic material end for a DC electric cable comprising: a central conductor for putting under high voltage, and surrounded successively by an inner insulator; an outer semi-conductor; and a metal screen for connection to ground, in which the end of the cable is partially stripped by removing the outer semi-conductor and the metal screen, the synthetic material end that includes an outer insulating sleeve further including a composite insert that is placed between said inner insulator and said outer insulating sleeve, said insert generally being in the form of a sheath surrounding said inner insulator over the partially-stripped portion of the cable, and being made up of a resistive portion of high resistivity, and of a semi-conductive portion of lower resistivity, the interface between said resistive and semi-conductive portions forming a deflector, the end of said resistive portion that is remote from the deflector being electrically connected to the central conductor, and the end of the semi-conductive portion that is remote from the deflector being electrically connected to the outer semi-conductor, and wherein said outer insulating sleeve covers the end of the semi-conductive portion of the insert that is remote from the deflector, and is substantially set back from the end of the resistive portion of the insert that is remote from the deflector.