ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,286, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to NEXANS (Courbevoie, France).
"Power cable with a cable joint water barrier made of tin or tin alloy" was invented by Audun Johanson (Oslo, Norway), Sigurd Schawlann (Son, Norway), Massimiliano Mauri (Borgenhaugen, Norway) and Simon Jorgensen (Sellebakk, Norway).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Power cables are provided having a joint with a metallic water barrier and, in particular, metallic water barrier materials for cable joints for use in high voltage cables for both land submarine applications."
The patent was filed on April 10, 2023, under Application No. 18/132,702.
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