Separable loadbreak connector and system for reducing damage due to fault closure
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1. A separable loadbreak connector, comprising:
- a contact tube having an axial passage therethrough;
a piston slidably mounted within the axial passage and movable therein during a fault closure condition, the piston axially movable within the passage with the assistance of an expanding gas during the fault closure condition; and
an interference element spaced about the contact tube configured to engage a portion of the piston such that the piston tends to cant within the contact tube when sliding against the interference element.
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Abstract
Separable loadbreak connectors include an interference element spaced about the contact tube that is configured to engage a portion of a connector piston.
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1. A separable loadbreak connector, comprising:
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a contact tube having an axial passage therethrough; a piston slidably mounted within the axial passage and movable therein during a fault closure condition, the piston axially movable within the passage with the assistance of an expanding gas during the fault closure condition; and an interference element spaced about the contact tube configured to engage a portion of the piston such that the piston tends to cant within the contact tube when sliding against the interference element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A separable loadbreak connector, comprising:
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an electrically conductive contact tube having an axial passage therethrough; an electrically conductive piston slidably mounted within the axial passage and movable therein during a fault closure condition; and an interference element spaced about the contact tube configured to engage a portion of the piston such that the piston tends to cant within the contact tube when sliding against the interference element. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A separable loadbreak connector, comprising:
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an contact tube for said separable loadbreak connector, said contact tube having an axial passage therethrough; an electrically conductive piston slidably mounted within the axial passage and movable therein during a fault closure condition; and an interference element spaced about the contact tube configured to engage a portion of the piston such that the piston tends to cant within the contact tube when sliding against the interference element. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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