Construction in insulated housing for terminating shielded high voltage cable

Claim 1

A COMPOSITE HOUSING FOR TERMINATING A HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE, SAID CABLE HAVING AN ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR, INSULATION COVERING SAID CONDUCTOR, AND AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE SHIELD SURROUNDING THE INSULATION, A PORTION OF SAID INSULATION BEING EXPOSED, SAID SHIELD HAVING A TERMINAL RIM; SAID HOUSING COMPRISING AN INNER MEMBER MOLDED OF ELECTRICALLY INSULATING ELASTOMERIC MATERIAL HAVING A RESILIENT PORTION FOR COOPERATING WITH THE EXPOSED INSULATION TO FIRMLY GRIP THE SAME TO INCREASE THE DIELECTRIC STRENGTH OF THE CREEP PATH ALONG THE INSULATION; AND AN OUTER MEMBER OF RESILIENT ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE ELASTOMERIC MATERIAL MOLDED AROUND SAID INNER MEMBER ALONG AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE LENGTH OF SAID INNER MEMBER AND HAVING A PORTION FOR COOPERATING WITH SAID SHIELD TO ATTAIN AN EFFECTUAL ELECTRICAL CONNECTION THEREWITH; SAID MEMBERS BEING CONTIGUOUS AND JOINED BY MOLDING IN A SINGLE ASSEMBLY AND THE JUNCTION BETWEEN SAID MEMBERS BEING CONTINUOUS AND VOID FREE; SAID OUTER MEMBER HAVING AN OUTER HOLLOW FOR ENGAGING SAID SHIELD AND AN INNER HOLLOW FOR ENGAGING SAID INSULATION, AND AN UNDERCUT GROOVE ESTABLISHING A CAVITY AND A SHOULDER IN SAID OUTER MEMBER BETWEEN SAID HOLLOWS, SAID SHOULDER TAPERING INWARDLY FROM SAID OUTER HOLLOW TO SAID INNER HOLLOW IN A DIRECTION AWAY FROM SAID INNER MEMBER FOR ALLOWING INITIMATE CONTACT BETWEEN THE EXPOSED INSULATION OF THE CABLE AND THE INNER MEMBER AND FOR CONTACTING THE INNER EDGE OF SAID TERMINAL RIM OF SAID SHIELD ALONG AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE SHOULDER SUCH THAT ANY AIR TRAPPED WITHIN THE HOUSING WILL BE CONFINED TO SAID CAVITY AND SURROUNDED BY ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL HAVING SUFFICIENT ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY TO REDUCE THE ELECTRICAL STRESSES ACROSS THE TRAPPED AIR.