GROUND TERMINAL Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: power engineering. SUBSTANCE: ground terminal used as part of portable grounding electrodes for grounding disconnected conductors of overhead power transmission lines has electrodynamic circuit set up by composite spring-loaded strips arranged one along other. Each strip is made of flexible ferromagnetic material and has longitudinal slit in upper part and transverse taps symmetrically disposed relative to longitudinal axis of strips. Taps terminate in dropping longitudinal sections. Contact assembly is formed by combination of contacts in the form of surfaces of longitudinal edges of lengthwise disposed tap sections. EFFECT: enlarged functional capabilities. 4 cl, 6 dwg