IP Library Granted Patent US 12,592,553
Granted Patent B2
US 12,592,553 · App. 17/926,358 · Granted Mar 31, 2026

Socket

Inventors: Sergey Pancheshnyi (Zürich, CH); Jan Czyzewski (Cracow, PL)
Assignee: Hitachi Energy Ltd
H02G15/072H01R13/6625H01R24/28H01R24/76H01R2101/00
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Patent No.
US 12,592,553
App. No.
17/926,358
Granted
Mar 31, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A socket, connectable to a plug-in device, wherein the plug-in device is a bushing and/or a plug-in cable termination, is described. The socket includes a current conduction path and a field control unit. The field control unit includes a layer arrangement with at least three conductive layers arranged around the current conduction path and separated by an insulating material.

Claims (22)

1 . A socket connectable to a plug-in device comprising a bushing and/or a cable termination, the socket comprising a current conduction path and a field control unit, and the field control unit comprising a layer arrangement with at least three conductive layers arranged around the current conduction path and separated by an insulating material,

wherein the socket further includes a connection surface to be in contact with a surface of the plug-in device,

wherein a distance between an edge of one of the conductive layers and the connection surface is larger than 1 mm and smaller than 12 mm, and

wherein an angle between the connection surface and the current conduction path is larger than 3°.

2 . The socket according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the conductive layers is formed by an electrode wound around the current conduction path.

3 . The socket according to claim 1 , wherein an innermost layer of the conductive layers is electrically connected to the current conduction path.

4 . The socket according to claim 1 , wherein the socket includes a mounting flange and wherein an outermost layer of the conductive layers is connected to the mounting flange of the socket.

5 . The socket according to claim 4 , wherein an outermost layer of the conductive layers extends into a region outside the mounting flange in an axial direction.

6 . The socket according to claim 1 , wherein the insulating material comprises a thermoset resin.

7 . The socket according to claim 1 , wherein the insulating material comprises resin-impregnated paper and/or resin-impregnated synthetics.

8 . The socket according to claim 1 , wherein the insulating material comprises an inorganic filler.

9 . A system comprising a socket according to claim 1 and a plug-in device comprising a bushing or a cable termination, and the plug-in device comprising a field control unit including a layer arrangement with at least three conductive layers arranged around a current conduction path of the plug-in device.

10 . The system according to claim 9 , wherein the layer arrangement of the socket includes two neighboring conductive layers having a first distance in a radial direction and wherein a position of one of the conductive layers of the socket is shifted in the radial direction relative to a position of a neighboring conductive layer of the plug-in device by at least 25% of the first distance.

11 . The system according to claim 9 , wherein an axial position of an edge of an outermost layer of the conductive layers of the socket corresponds at least substantially to an axial position of a neighboring edge of an outermost layer of the conductive layers of the plug-in device.

12 . The system according to claim 9 , wherein an axial position of an edge of an innermost layer of the conductive layers of the socket corresponds at least substantially to an axial position of a neighboring edge of an innermost layer of the conductive layers of the plug-in device.

13 . The system according to claim 9 , wherein the plug-in device includes a deformable elastic element to be in contact with a connection surface of the socket in a connected state.

14 . An apparatus comprising a socket according to claim 1 , the apparatus comprising one of a fluid-filled transformer, a gel-filled transformer, a gas-filled transformer, and a gas-insulated switchgear.

15 . The system according to claim 9 , wherein at least one of the conductive layers is formed by an electrode wound around the current conduction path.

16 . The system according to claim 13 , wherein the deformable elastic element includes an elastomer material.

17 . The apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein at least one of the conductive layers is formed by an electrode wound around the current conduction path.

18 . The socket according to claim 1 , wherein the angle between the connection surface and the current conduction path is smaller than 45°.

19 . The socket according to claim 1 , wherein the angle between the connection surface and the current conduction path is smaller than 35°.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Nov 13, 2023
From: HITACHI ENERGY SWITZERLAND AG
To: HITACHI ENERGY LTD
Reel/Frame 065548/0869 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 24, 2023
From: PANCHESHNYI, SERGEY; CZYZEWSKI, JAN
To: ABB POWER GRIDS SWITZERLAND AG
Reel/Frame 062795/0739 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 24, 2023
From: ABB POWER GRIDS SWITZERLAND AG
To: HITACHI ENERGY SWITZERLAND AG
Reel/Frame 062795/0788 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 20175490 · May 19, 2020 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230216288A1 · Jul 6, 2023
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