US Patent Issued to NEXANS on Jan. 20 for "Optical profilometry on hv cable ends and on samples extracted form hv cables" (Norwegian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,400, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to NEXANS (Courbevoie, France).

"Optical profilometry on hv cable ends and on samples extracted form hv cables" was invented by Espen Doedens (Halden, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided for preparing an uncovered insulation layer surface of an end section of a cable using optical profilometry, the uncovered insulation layer surface having an advantageous low roughness, a method for jointing two cables. A method is also provided for preparing a termination assembly on a cable, a cable end, a joint and a termination assembly."

The patent was filed on Oct. 25, 2022, under App...