IP Library Granted Patent US 8,922,968
Granted Patent B2
US 8,922,968 · App. 14/222,144 · Granted Dec 30, 2014

Electrical insulator and method of production

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Patent No.
US 8,922,968
App. No.
14/222,144
Granted
Dec 30, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrical insulator including: a first connector of an electrically conducting material; a second connector of an electrically conducting material; and an electrically insulating material being arranged between the first connector and the second connector, insulating the connectors from each other; wherein a part of the first connector extends past a part of the second connector, partly enveloping part of the second connector. The invention also relates to a surge arrester arrangement, to a use of an electrical insulator for insulating a surge arrester, and to a method for production of such an electrical insulator.

Claims (14)

1. A surge arrester arrangement comprising a surge arrester attached to an electrical insulator, the insulator comprising:

a first connector of an electrically conducting material, said first connector being configured to be attached to a first object at a first end of the electrical insulator;

a second connector of an electrically conducting material, said second connector being configured to be attached to a second object, comprised in the surge arrester, at a second end of the electrical insulator, whereby said second object is connected to, and electrically insulated from, the first object by means of the electrical insulator, a central longitudinal axis of the electrical insulator being defined through said electrical insulator from the first end of the electrical insulator to the second end of the electrical insulator; and

an electrically insulating material being arranged between the first connector and the second connector, insulating said connectors from each other, and being attached to the first connector and to the second connector such that both the first and second connectors are bound to the insulating material and thereby connected to each other via said insulating material;

wherein a part of the first connector extends past a part of the second connector, partly enveloping said part the second connector such that a second axis which is parallel to the central longitudinal axis and extends through the electrical insulator from the first end of the electrical insulator to the second end of the electrical insulator intersects the enveloping part of the first connector after having intersected the enveloped part of the second connector; and

wherein the insulating material comprises an inner insulating material being arranged between the first connector and the second connector and an outer insulating material arranged around the connectors, and the inner insulating material is a different material than the outer insulating material.

2. The surge arrester arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the surge arrester is attached to and insulated from an essentially horizontal plane via a single one of said electrical insulator, or via a plurality of said electrical insulator.

3. The surge arrester arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the surge arrester rests on, and the weight of the surge arrester is supported by, the electrical insulator insulating the surge arrester from the first object.

4. The surge arrester arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the outer insulating material arranged around the connectors is a moulded material.

5. The surge arrester arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the outer insulating material arranged around the connectors completely encase the connectors with the outer insulating material, except for parts of the connectors configured to be attached to the first and second objects.

6. The surge arrester arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the inner insulating material is a more rigid material than the outer insulating material.

7. The surge arrester arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the insulator comprises essentially flat end surfaces perpendicular to the longitudinal axis in order to support the first and second objects in relation to each other in a stable manner.

8. The surge arrester arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the first connector and/or the second connector is of a metallic material.

9. The surge arrester arrangement of claim 1 , wherein the first connector and/or the second connector has a threading such that the connector can be attached to its corresponding object by means of a screw.

Assignments (6)
MERGER Recorded Nov 13, 2023
From: HITACHI ENERGY SWITZERLAND AG
To: HITACHI ENERGY LTD
Reel/Frame 065549/0576 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE CONVEYIGN PARTY "ABB TECHNOLOGY LTD."SHOULD READ"ABB TECHNOLOGY AG" PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 040622 FRAME: 0128. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE MERGER. Recorded May 11, 2022
From: ABB TECHNOLOGY AG
To: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
Reel/Frame 059928/0001 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 31, 2021
From: ABB POWER GRIDS SWITZERLAND AG
To: HITACHI ENERGY SWITZERLAND AG
Reel/Frame 058666/0540 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 6, 2020
From: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
To: ABB POWER GRIDS SWITZERLAND AG
Reel/Frame 052916/0001 →
MERGER Recorded Nov 15, 2016
From: ABB TECHNOLOGY LTD.
To: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
Reel/Frame 040622/0128 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2014
From: KAMPE, ANDERS; JOHANSSON, DANIEL
To: ABB TECHNOLOGY AG
Reel/Frame 032514/0801 →