Terminating means for shielded electrical conductors

Claim 1

ELECTRIC CABLE TERMINATING MEANS FOR SUPPRESSING CORONA, COMPRISING AN ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR ADAPTED FOR CONNECTION TO A SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL, FIRST INSULATING MEANS, SAID FIRST INSULATING MEANS BEING DISPOSED AROUND AND IN CONTACT WITH SAID ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR, SHIELDING MEANS FORMED OF ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL, SAID SHIELDING MEANS BEING DISPOSED AROUND AND IN CONTACT WITH A PREDETERMINED LENGTH OF SAID FIRST INSULATING MEANS, SEMICONDUCTOR COATING MEANS CONTAINING PAR TICULATED NON-LINEAR SILICON CARBIDE DISPOSED AROUND AND IN CONTACT WITH SAID FIRST INSULATING MEANS, SAID SEMICONDUCTOR COATING MEANS HAVING A FIRST END STARTING AT AND ELECTRICALLY CONTACTING SAID SHIELDING MEANS AND EXTENDING ALONG AND IN CONTINUOUS CONTACT WITH SAID FIRST INSULATING MEANS FOR A PREDETERMINED LENGTH TO A SECOND END, SAID SEMICONDUCTOR COATING MEANS HAVING A RESISTIVITY DEPENDENT UPON THE MAGNITUDE OF THE ELECTRIC FIELD PRODUCED WHEN THE SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL IS APPLIED TO SAID ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR, THE PREDETERMINED LENGTH OF SAID SEMICONDUCTOR COATING MEANS BEING SELECTED TO REDUCE THE POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SAID ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR AND THE SECOND END OF SAID SEMICONDUCTOR COATING MEANS TO SUBSTANTIALLY ZERO WHEN THE SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL IS CONNECTED TO SAID ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR, SECOND INSULATING MEANS COMPRISING A TUBULAR INSULATING MEMBER HAVING A WALL PORTION THAT IS CONTINUOUS IN AT LEAST ITS LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION, SAID SECOND INSULATING MEANS BEING DISPOSED AROUND AND IN CONTACT WITH SAID SEMICONDUCTOR COATING MEANS.