CABLE CONNECTOR FOR USE IN CONDUCTING MEDIUM Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: electrical engineering; drilling and servicing inclined and horizontal oil-gas wells.

SUBSTANCE: proposed cable connector specially designed to prevent ingress of conducting medium (drilling mud) into its interior thereby ensuring reliable insulation of contacts from environment and preventing electric current leakage (leakage resistance being minimum 50 - 100 Megohms), or poor contact between connector mating parts has pin section and jack section with contact members inside them, as well as membrane. Jack section is made in the form of cylindrical shroud with stepped inner space accommodating contacts made in the form of flexible split rings secured on flexible cross-arms, flexible membrane disposed at pin section joint, and spring-loaded sealing ring mounted within shroud for displacement. Inner space of jack section is filled with insulating liquid. Cylindrical pin section has conical end; diameter of pin cylindrical part is larger than inner diameter of sealing ring.

EFFECT: enhanced tightness and reliability of contact between mating parts of connector.

1 cl, 4 dwg