Patent ID: 6941050

Claim:
An electrical insulator comprising: a dielectric rod ( 1 ) including at least one slot ( 10 ); an optical fiber cable ( 2 ) situated in the slot ( 10 ); a dielectric material ( 8 ) filling the slot ( 10 ) and holding the cable ( 2 ) without stress in the slot ( 10 ), said dielectric material contacting said optical fiber cable and an inside surface of said slot; and a dielectric covering ( 3 ) surrounding the rod ( 1 ) and presenting outwardly-directed projections ( 30 ) in the form of skirts; the electrical insulator being characterized in that the cable ( 2 ) is flexible; and in that all of the space situated between the rod ( 1 ) and the cable ( 2 ) is filled with said dielectric filler and holding material ( 8 ).