(19)
(11) EP 1 124 236 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
06.02.2002 Bulletin 2002/06

(43) Date of publication A2:
16.08.2001 Bulletin 2001/33

(21) Application number: 01400201.8

(22) Date of filing: 25.01.2001
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: H01B 7/14
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 08.02.2000 NO 20000635

(71) Applicant: Nexans
75008 Paris (FR)

(72) Inventors:
  • Bjerke, Bjorn
    1664 Rolvsoy (NO)
  • Balog, Georg
    3408 Tranby (NO)
  • Eriksson, Karl Georg
    45291 Strömstaa (SE)

(74) Representative: Feray, Valérie 
Nexans, 16 rue de Monceau
75008 Paris
75008 Paris (FR)

   


(54) High voltage submarine cable


(57) A high voltage submarine cable, the cable (10) comprising principally two as such conventional cable cores (12, 13) arranged side by side thereby providing a flat cable, each core (12, 13) comprising a conductor (14) and a conductor screen (15) surrounded by an insulation (16) with an insulation screen (17) and further a lead sheath (18) as well as a steel tape reinforcement (19), the two cores (12, 13) being bundled together by a tape bedding (22) thereby also enclosing suitable filling (20), a cross tape armouring (22) of galvanized steel tapes being wound around the two cores (12, 13), surrounded by at least one layer of a transversal reinforcement (23) saturated with asphaltic compound.






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