PRESSURE BALANCED CONNECTOR TERMINATION

摘要

A pressure-balanced sleeve assembly for an electrical cable termination is disclosed. The sleeve assembly includes an outer sleeve surrounding the electrical cable; a chamber defined between the outer sleeve and the electrical cable; dielectric fluid contained within the chamber; and a seal that is positioned between the outer sleeve and the electrical cable to delimit and seal an end of the chamber to prevent the escapement of the dielectric fluid from the chamber, the seal being moveable along the cable in response to differences between a pressure within the chamber and a pressure outside of the chamber. Also disclosed herein is a pressure-balanced electrical cable assembly and a method of pressure-balancing a termination of an electrical cable.