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Submersible motor with a sealed connector plug

Assignee: Emerson Electric Co
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Filing: 1964-02-05
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Granted: 1967-03-07
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Expires: 1984-02-05
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Kurt F Pfahl

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-29 13:06
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01B; H01B17/00; H01B17/26; H01B17/30; H01B17/303; H01B17/306; H02; H02K; H02K5/00; H02K5/04; H02K5/12; H02K5/132; H02K5/22; H02K5/225

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 231 words
IN A SUBMERSIBLE MOTOR STRUCTURE: MEANS FORMING AN INTERIORLY SEALED SPACE; A STATOR STRUCTURE IN SAID SPACE; A PLURALITY OF PHASE WINDINGS FOR THE STATOR STRUCTURE HAVING SEPARATE INSULATED TERMINAL WIRES FOR CONDUCTING CURRENT TO THE WINDINGS; MEANS FORMING AN ACCESS OPENING TO SAID SPACE, SAID ACCESS OPENING HAVING PERIPHERAL TAPERED WALLS; A CONNECTOR PLUG MADE OF FLEXIBLE ELECTRICAL INSULATION MATERIAL AND HAVING ONE END IN THE ACCESS OPENING; SAID CONNECTOR PLUG HAVING A SERIES OF THROUGH APERATURES, EACH OF SAID APERTURES HAVING ENLARGED OUTER ENDS ACCESSIBLE EXTERIORLY OF SAID SPACE AND HAVING RESTRICTED INNER ENDS ACCESSIBLE IN SAID SPACE; SAID TERMINAL WIRES EXTENDING INTO THE RESTRICTED ENDS OF SAID APERTURES AND INTO THE ENLARGED OUTER ENDS THEREOF; LEADS HAVING ELECTRICAL INSULATION JACKETS EXTENDING INTO AND FITTING INTO THE ENLARGED ENDS OF AT LEAST SOME OF SAID APERTURES, SAID LEADS BEING ELECTRICALLY AND MECHANICALLY SPLICED TO SAID TERMINAL WIRES AT THE CORRESPONDING APERTURES; THERE BEING MORE TERMINAL WIRES THAN JACKETED LEADS; AND CLAMPING MEANS FOR WEDGING THE PLUG INTO THE ACCESS OPENING FOR SEALING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID ACCESS OPENING, SAID PERIPHERAL TAPERED WALLS TAPERING INWARDLY OF SAID CLAMPING MEANS, SAID CLAMPING MEANS CONSTRICTING SAID PLUG TIGHTLY ABOUT SAID JACKETED LEADS TO ESTABLISH A SEAL; SAID PHASE WINDINGS BEING CONNECTED TOGETHER IN A SELECTED CONFIGURATION BY CONNECTION OF SAID TERMINAL WIRES TO SAID LEADS AND TO EACH OTHER AT SAID CONNECTOR PLUG.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 231 words
IN A SUBMERSIBLE MOTOR STRUCTURE: MEANS FORMING AN INTERIORLY SEALED SPACE; A STATOR STRUCTURE IN SAID SPACE; A PLURALITY OF PHASE WINDINGS FOR THE STATOR STRUCTURE HAVING SEPARATE INSULATED TERMINAL WIRES FOR CONDUCTING CURRENT TO THE WINDINGS; MEANS FORMING AN ACCESS OPENING TO SAID SPACE, SAID ACCESS OPENING HAVING PERIPHERAL TAPERED WALLS; A CONNECTOR PLUG MADE OF FLEXIBLE ELECTRICAL INSULATION MATERIAL AND HAVING ONE END IN THE ACCESS OPENING; SAID CONNECTOR PLUG HAVING A SERIES OF THROUGH APERATURES, EACH OF SAID APERTURES HAVING ENLARGED OUTER ENDS ACCESSIBLE EXTERIORLY OF SAID SPACE AND HAVING RESTRICTED INNER ENDS ACCESSIBLE IN SAID SPACE; SAID TERMINAL WIRES EXTENDING INTO THE RESTRICTED ENDS OF SAID APERTURES AND INTO THE ENLARGED OUTER ENDS THEREOF; LEADS HAVING ELECTRICAL INSULATION JACKETS EXTENDING INTO AND FITTING INTO THE ENLARGED ENDS OF AT LEAST SOME OF SAID APERTURES, SAID LEADS BEING ELECTRICALLY AND MECHANICALLY SPLICED TO SAID TERMINAL WIRES AT THE CORRESPONDING APERTURES; THERE BEING MORE TERMINAL WIRES THAN JACKETED LEADS; AND CLAMPING MEANS FOR WEDGING THE PLUG INTO THE ACCESS OPENING FOR SEALING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID ACCESS OPENING, SAID PERIPHERAL TAPERED WALLS TAPERING INWARDLY OF SAID CLAMPING MEANS, SAID CLAMPING MEANS CONSTRICTING SAID PLUG TIGHTLY ABOUT SAID JACKETED LEADS TO ESTABLISH A SEAL; SAID PHASE WINDINGS BEING CONNECTED TOGETHER IN A SELECTED CONFIGURATION BY CONNECTION OF SAID TERMINAL WIRES TO SAID LEADS AND TO EACH OTHER AT SAID CONNECTOR PLUG.

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