IPC 6 English version H02G !A-H02G 15/34

H02G-H02G01534

SECTION H– ELECTRICITY

H 02

GENERATION, CONVERSION, OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER

H 02 G

INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES (distribution points incorporating switches H 02 B; guiding telephone cords H 04 M 1/15; cable ducts or mountings for telephone or telegraph exchange installations H 04 Q 1/06)

Notes

(1)

This subclass covers installation of communication cables or lines, including those comprising a combination of optical and electrical conductors, or of lightning conductors as well as installation of power cables or lines.

(2)

This subclass does not cover installation of purely optical cables, which is covered by group G 02 B 6/46. [6]

(3)

In this subclass, the following expression is used with the meaning indicated: [6]

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"electric cable" includes cables comprising optical conductors, e.g. fibres, in combination with electrical conductors. [6]

Methods or apparatus specially adapted for installing, maintaining, repairing, or dismantling electric cables or lines

for overhead lines or cables

for mounting or stretching (wire stretchers in general B 25 B 25/00)

for laying cables, e.g. laying apparatus on vehicle (combined with trench digging or back-filling machines or dredgers E 02 F 5/00)

through tubing or conduit, e.g. rod or draw wire for pushing or pulling

in or under water

for removing insulation or armouring from cables, e.g. from the end thereof (pliers in general B 25 B; cutters in general B 26 B)

for joining or terminating cables (joining electric conductors H 01 R 43/00)

for repairing insulation or armouring of cables

Installations of electric cables or lines in or on buildings, equivalent structures or vehicles (installations of bus-bars H 02 G 5/00; overhead installations H 02 G 7/00; installations in or on the ground H 02 G 9/00; channels or vertical ducts for receiving utility lines E 04 F 17/08; wiring of electric apparatus in general H 05 K)

Details

Cooling [2]

Protective tubings or conduits (pipes or tubings in general F 16 L)

Joints for connecting lengths of protective tubing to each other or to casings, e.g. to distribution box; Ensuring electrical continuity in the joint

Distribution boxes; Connection or junction boxes (cable terminations H 02 G 15/02)

for surface mounting on a wall

for flush mounting

Fastening of cover or lid to box

structurally associated with support for line-connecting terminals within the box (terminals H 01 R 9/00)

providing line outlets

Ceiling roses

Arrangements for leading cables or lines through walls, floors, or ceilings, e.g. into buildings (devices for use where pipes, cables or protective tubing pass through walls or partitions F 16 L 5/00; lead-in or lead-through insulators H 01 B 17/26; insulating tubes or sleeves H 01 B 17/58)

Installations of lines or cables on walls, ceilings or floors by means of insulators (insulators H 01 B 17/00)

Installations of cables, lines, or separate protective tubing therefor directly on or in walls, ceilings, or floors (by means of insulators H 02 G 3/24; supports for pipes, cables or protective tubing F 16 L 3/00; hose-clips F 16 L 33/02)

Installations of cables, lines, or separate protective tubing therefor in conduits or ducts pre-established in walls, ceilings, or floors

Installations of bus-bars

Open installations

Partially-enclosed installations, e.g. in ducts and adapted for sliding or rolling current collection (non-rotary current collectors H 01 R 41/00)

Totally-enclosed installations, e.g. in metal casings

Connection boxes therefor

Cooling [2]

Overhead installations of electric lines or cables (installations of bus-bars H 02 G 5/00; trolley wires or contact lines for electric railways B 60 M; fastening conductors to insulators H 01 B 17/00, e.g. H 01 B 17/06, H 01 B 17/16, H 01 B 17/22; protection against abnormal electric conditions H 01 H; hook contacts for temporary connections to overhead lines H 01 R 11/14)

Devices for adjusting or maintaining mechanical tension, e.g. take-up device

Arrangements or devices for relieving mechanical tension

Suspension arrangements or devices for electric cables or lines [3]

Suspensions for lines or cables along a separate supporting wire, e.g. S-hook [3]

Members clamped to the supporting wire or to the line or cable [3]

Flexible members or lashings wrapped around both the supporting wire and the line or cable [3]

Devices for maintaining distance between parallel conductors, e.g. spacer

Arrangements or devices for damping mechanical oscillations of lines, e.g. for reducing production of sound

Devices for removing snow or ice from lines or cables (from insulators H 01 B 17/52)

Devices affording mechanical protection in the event of breakage of a line or cable, e.g. net for catching broken lines

Spatial arrangements or dispositions of lines or cables on poles, posts, or towers (construction of poles, posts, or towers E 04 H 12/22)

Arrangements of earthing wires suspended between mastheads

Installations of electric cables or lines in or on the ground or water (cathodic protection C 23 F 13/02; detection of buried cables G 01 V)

laid directly in or on the ground, river-bed or sea-bottom; Coverings therefor, e.g. tile

in surface ducts; Ducts or covers therefor

in underground tubes or conduits; Tubes or conduits therefor

in tunnels

in cable chambers, e.g. in manhole, in handhole (building aspects of cable chambers section E, e.g. E 04 H 5/06)

supported on or from floats, e.g. in water (floating cables H 01 B 7/12)

11/

Arrangements of electric cables or lines between relatively-movable parts (current collectors H 01 R)

11/

using take-up reel or drum

13/

Installations of lightning conductors; Fastening thereof to supporting structure (indicating, counting or recording lightning strokes G 01; lightning arrestors H 01 C 7/12, H 01 C 8/04, H 01 G 9/18, H 01 T; earth plates, pins or other contacts H 01 R)

15/

Cable fittings

15/

007

Devices for relieving mechanical stress [3]

15/

013

Sealing means for cable inlets (inlets for cables filled with, or surrounded by, gas or oil H 02 G 15/32) [3]

15/

Cable terminations (for gas- or oil-filled cables H 02 G 15/22)

15/

Cable-end sealings

15/

Cable terminating boxes, frames, or other structures (terminal blocks H 01 R 9/00)

15/

064

with devices for relieving electrical stress [3]

15/

068

connected to the cable shield only (H 02 G 15/072 takes precedence) [3]

15/

072

of the condenser type [3]

15/

076

for multi-conductor cables [3]

15/

Cable junctions (for gas or oil filled cables H 02 G 15/24; disconnectible junctions, electrical connections H 01 R)

15/

protected by boxes, e.g. by distribution, connection or junction boxes (terminal blocks H 01 R 9/00)

15/

103

with devices for relieving electrical stress [3]

15/

105

connected to the cable shield only (H 02 G 15/107 takes precedence) [3]

15/

107

of the condenser type [3]

15/

113

Boxes split longitudinally in main cable direction [3]

15/

115

Boxes split perpendicularly to main cable direction [3]

15/

117

for multiconductor cables [3]

15/

for incorporating transformers, loading coils or amplifiers

15/

specially adapted for submarine cables

15/

structurally associated with support for line-connecting terminals within the box

15/

protected by sleeves, e.g. for communication cable (two-part covers H 02 G 15/10)

15/

184

with devices for relieving electrical stress [3]

15/

188

connected to cable shield only [3]

15/

192

with support means for ends of the sleeves [3]

15/

196

having lapped insulation [3]

15/

Cable fittings for cables filled with or surrounded by gas or oil (H 02 G 15/34 takes precedence) [3]

15/

Cable terminations

15/

Cable-end sealings [3]

15/

Cable junctions

15/

Stop junctions [3]

15/

Expansion vessels; Locking heads; Auxiliary pipe-lines

15/

structurally associated with devices for indicating the presence or location of non-electric faults (combined with electric protective means H 02 H)

15/

with devices for relieving electrical stress [3]

15/

Cable inlets [3]

15/

Cable fittings for cryogenic cables [3]