Abstract: An apparatus includes a connector with isolated conductive paths In various embodiments, a method includes assembling, at least partially, the connector using a groove of the connector. A flexible member can be secured in the groove and solder can be flowed into the flexible member in the groove. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.

Abstract: A coaxial cable and method of construction thereof are provided. The coaxial cable includes an elongate central conductive member; a dielectric insulative layer encasing the central conductive member; an outer protective sheath, and a braided EMI shield layer including hybrid yarn sandwiched between the dielectric insulative layer and the outer protective sheath. The hybrid yarn includes an elongate nonconductive filament and an elongate continuous conductive wire filament. The wire filament is interlaced in electrical communication with itself or other wire filaments along a length of the EMI shield layer to provide protection to the central conductive member against at least one of EMI, RFI or ESD. The method includes providing a central conductive member; forming a dielectric insulative layer surrounding the central conductive member; braiding an EMI shield layer including hybrid yarn about the insulative layer, and forming an outer protective sheath about the braided EMI shield layer.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes various embodiments of devices for preparing cables, such as devices for pulling back the shield on an end portion of a coaxial cable to prepare the end portion for attachment to a connector. A coaxial cable, with an exposed central conductor, a dielectric insulator, and a shield (e.g., a metallic shield) can be inserted into a bore of a shield pull-back device configured in accordance with the present disclosure. As the cable is inserted into the bore, one or more gripping members can engage the cable shield and pull it back evenly without damaging the central conductor or the dielectric insulator.

Abstract: Provided are coaxial waveguide microstructures. The microstructures include a substrate and a coaxial waveguide disposed above the substrate. The coaxial waveguide includes: a center conductor; an outer conductor including one or more walls, spaced apart from and disposed around the center conductor; one or more dielectric support members for supporting the center conductor in contact with the center conductor and enclosed within the outer conductor; and a core volume between the center conductor and the outer conductor, wherein the core volume is under vacuum or in a gas state. Also provided are methods of forming coaxial waveguide microstructures by a sequential build process and hermetic packages which include a coaxial waveguide microstructure.

Abstract: A coaxial cable device and method involve weld and mate connectivity. The device, in one embodiment, includes an outer conductor engager and an inner conductor engager. The outer conductor engager includes a weld interface for weld engagement with part of a coaxial cable, and the inner conductor engager includes a mate interface for a mate engagement with another part of the cable.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a finished cable by a process directed to reduce the amount of force required to install the cable. The process involves the extrusion of the cable's outer sheath and the incorporation of a pulling lubricant in connection with, and prior to the completion of, the extrusion to reduce the sheath's surface coefficient of friction as well as reduce the required force to pull the cable for installation. The conductor core is coated with an extruded plastic material with which an appropriate (in amount and type) pulling lubricant is initially combined with the plastic material prior to the formation of the sheath and in which the sheathed conductor core is thereafter cooled, the lubricant either migrating to and/or permeating the sheath to be available at the surface of the sheath at the time of the cable's installation.

Abstract: A device is provided to attach a connector having an internally threaded base and external threads to a cable having a casing. The device includes a body having a bore therethrough. At least a portion of the bore is threaded and the external threads on the connector are threaded into the threads of the bore until a stop surface in the bore is engaged by a portion of the connector. The device may then be turned to thread the base onto the casing of the cable.

Abstract: A coaxial cable connector for coupling an end of a coaxial cable to a terminal is disclosed. The connector has a coupler adapted to couple the connector to a terminal, a body assembled with the coupler and a post assembled with the coupler and the body. The post is adapted to receive an end of a coaxial cable. The coupler, the body or the post has an integral, monolithic contacting portion. When the connector is coupled to the terminal and a coaxial cable is received by the body, the contacting portion provides for electrical continuity from an outer conductor of the coaxial cable through the connector to the terminal other than by a separate component. The contacting portion is formable and forms to a contour of at least one of the body and the coupler when the body at least partially assembles with the coupler.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cable comprising three conductors and three insulator layers, wherein the conductors and the insulators extend helically along a longitudinal axis of the cable, wherein the insulator layers are axially external to the conductors, and wherein the insulator layers comprise a fluoropolymer, as well as a method of manufacturing said cable, and a method for transmitting electricity using the cable.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cable comprising a first conductor and a first insulator layer, wherein the first conductor and the first insulator extend along a longitudinal axis of the cable, wherein the first insulator layer is axially external to the conductor, and wherein the first insulator layer comprises a first fluoropolymer, as well as a method of manufacturing said cable, and a method for transmitting electricity using the cable.

Abstract: A rigid radio frequency (RF) coaxial transmission line to be positioned within a wellbore in a subterranean formation may include a series of rigid coaxial sections coupled together in end-to-end relation. Each rigid coaxial section may include an inner conductor, a rigid outer conductor surrounding the inner conductor, and a dielectric therebetween. Each of the rigid outer conductors may include a rigid outer layer having opposing threaded ends defining overlapping mechanical threaded joints with adjacent rigid outer layers. Each of the rigid outer conductors may also include an electrically conductive inner layer coupled to the rigid outer layer and having opposing ends defining electrical joints with adjacent electrically conductive inner layers.

Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) coaxial transmission line to be positioned within a wellbore in a subterranean formation may include a series of coaxial sections coupled together in end-to-end relation. Each coaxial section may include an inner conductor, a dual-wall outer conductor surrounding the inner conductor, and a dielectric therebetween. Each of the dual-wall outer conductors may include an outer wall and an inner wall spaced apart therefrom defining a fluid passageway. Each coaxial section may further include a threaded endpiece coupled to each opposing end of the dual-wall outer conductor and having threads to define an overlapping mechanical threaded joint and an electrical joint with an adjacent threaded endpiece.

Abstract: A grounding clamp is provided that includes a grounding wire having two ends that are each configured to extend out an opening in a coaxial cable. The grounding clamp includes a housing configured to receive both ends of the extending wire in an inner chamber through a first opening, the housing including a second opening configured to receive a lug, wherein the lug is configured to secure both ends of the grounding wire within the inner chamber. A method of installing a grounding clamp includes attaching a fishline to a grounding wire and inserting the fishline through an opening of a corrugated coaxial cable in a valley located between an outer conductor and an outer jacket of the coaxial cable, wherein the fishline is rigid enough that it does not buckle or deform significantly under the pressure of the outer conductor and the outer jacket, wherein the fishline is flexible enough that it bends around the corrugated coaxial cable.

Abstract: A method for making a coaxial cable including an inner conductor, an outer conductor, and a dielectric material layer therebetween may include forming the inner conductor by at least forming a bimetallic strip into a tubular bimetallic layer having a pair of longitudinal edge portions at a longitudinal seam. The bimetallic strip may include an inner metal layer and an outer metal layer bonded thereto and coextensive therewith. Each of the longitudinal edge portions may be folded over. The method may also include forming a welded joint between adjacent portions of the folded over longitudinal edge portions and defining surplus material at the welded joint. The method may further include removing the surplus material at the welded joint and forming the dielectric material layer surrounding the inner conductor. The method may also include forming the outer conductor surrounding the dielectric material layer.

Abstract: A multi-core cable includes an insulated electronic wire arranged in the center of a cross-section of the cable, an insulated electronic wire arranged in proximity to the insulated electronic wire and having a diameter smaller than that of the insulated electronic wire, an even number of coaxial electronic wires arranged on the same circumference in the periphery of the insulated electronic wire and the insulated electronic wire, and a tensile strength fiber arranged in gaps between the coaxial electronic wires and the insulated electronic wire and the insulated electronic wire.

Abstract: Disclosed is a leak detection cable that has an outer jacket layer and a four wire construction in a flat wire configuration that is twisted in a helix. Detection cables are disposed on the exterior surface adjacent openings of the jacket to allow for detection of aqueous fluids. The wire is twisted in a helix to allow adjacent detector wires to easily detect aqueous fluids. Disparate materials are used for the jacket and the coatings of the wires, to allow the jacket to be easily removed from the wires without affecting the integrity of the coatings of the wires. The four flat wire configuration is sized and spaced for easy connection to an insulation displacement connector.

Abstract: A terminal processing structure of a coaxial cable includes a core wire, an insulator with which an outer periphery of the core wire is covered, a braid with which an outer periphery of the insulator is covered, and an outer sheath with which an outer periphery of the braid is covered. The outer sheath is divided into a distal piece and a proximal piece by being notched along a circumferential direction in a cable distal end and the distal piece is held in a position separate from the proximal piece and thereby an exposed part of the braid to which a braid crimp part of a shield terminal is crimped is formed between the distal piece and the proximal piece and also a distal end of the braid is covered with the distal piece.

Abstract: A conductive composite wire includes at least one external jacket made of copper, a first tube including a first metallic material (M1) contacting and located inside the copper jacket; a second tube including a second metallic material (M2) contacting and located inside the first tube; and a fiber including a third metallic material (M3) contacting and located inside the second tube. The copper and the first metallic material are immiscible with each other, the first and second metallic materials are immiscible with each other, and the second and third metallic materials are immiscible with each other. A copper-based coaxial microstructure includes a copper sheath containing an array of nanotubes and nanofibers according to a process for manufacturing the microstructure.

Abstract: A method includes providing a cable connector and a compression tool that includes a hydraulic assembly, the hydraulic assembly having an axially extendable ram. The compression tool further includes a connector frame detachably attached to the hydraulic assembly, the connector frame having a cable cradle configured to accommodate the cable, and a sliding guide structure mounted to the connector frame assembly, the sliding guide structure comprising a sliding bar and one or more sliding guides, and a sleeve attached to the sliding bar. The method including locating the cable connector into the compression tool and disposing one end of the prepared cable into one end of the compression member, activating the hydraulic assembly, so that extending the axially extendable ram along the longitudinal axis causes the sliding bar to move along the longitudinal axis producing compression of a compression member and a connector body into operative engagement with the cable.

Abstract: A signal conditioning apparatus can include a coaxial cable having at least one slot formed therein. A conductive film can be applied to the coaxial cable so as to cover each slot. A device mounting surface can be formed within the slot and a protection device can be mounted on the device mounting surface. A housing consisting of one or more interlockable portions can be coupled to the coaxial cable.

Abstract: A terminal treatment method for a coaxial cable including a core member having an inner conductor covered with an insulator, an outer conductor provided around the core member and formed of a plurality of wires, and a sheath covering an outer circumference of the outer conductor, includes exposing the outer conductor by removing the sheath on an end portion of the outer conductor, and widening a terminal of the outer conductor away from the core member by compressing a terminal-near portion of the exposed outer conductor from an outer circumferential side of the coaxial cable to deform the terminal-near portion of the exposed outer conductor.

Abstract: A coaxial connector and a method for providing a normal force in an electrical connector. The coaxial connector includes a first terminal having a first contact portion and a second terminal having a second contact portion. Before an external device is inserted into the coaxial connector for the first time, the first contact portion and the second contact portion form a first relative positional relationship. After the external device is disengaged from the coaxial connector, the second contact portion urges against the first contact portion upwards to form a third relative positional relationship. The third relative positional relationship is different from the first relative positional relationship.

Abstract: An electrically conductive transmission line for transmitting RF signals, in particular for transmitting MR signals between a transmission and/or receiving coil and a transmitting and/or receiving unit, by which separate known matching networks can be avoided or reduced. A transmission line is proposed comprising a plurality of lead segments coupled by transformers having a transformer impedance ZL placed between two neighboring lead segments, wherein for power matching of the two transformers placed at opposite ends of a lead segment, the lead segment has a lead segment impedance Z0 or a dielectric constant ?r and wherein the lead segment has a short length l. Thus, the lead segments themselves provide the matching of the transformers, and separate matching circuits are no longer needed.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of fabricating a stimulation lead for stimulation of tissue of a patient, the method comprises: providing a plurality of cables, wherein each of the cables comprises a plurality of wires twisted about a core support and disposed within an outer sheath, wherein each of the plurality of wires comprises a coating of insulative material to electrically isolate each wire from each other wire within the respective cable, each of the plurality of wires being disposed in a single layer circumferentially about a central axis of the respective cable; wrapping the plurality of cables about a central core in a helical manner to form a cable assembly.

Abstract: A multicore electrical cable comprises a substantially tubular insulating outer layer defining a common longitudinal axis therethrough with a plurality of insulated electrical conductors disposed therein, wound about the common longitudinal axis. Each insulated electrical conductor comprises a conductor core further comprising one or more conductor wire strands having a first non-conductive adhesive layer disposed about them. An insulating layer is disposed about the conductor core and a second non-conductive adhesive layer disposed within the substantially tubular outer layer into a void created between the wound plurality of insulated electrical conductors and the substantially tubular insulating outer layer.

Abstract: A hydraulic compression tool for securing a compression type cable connector to a prepared end of a coaxial cable. The tool can include a hydraulic assembly having an axially extendable ram, and a connector frame detachably attached to the hydraulic assembly. The connector frame can include a cable cradle configured to accommodate cables of various sizes and a sleeve for engaging a cable connector. The connector frame can further include a sliding guide structure attached to the cable cradle. The sliding guide structure can include a sliding bar and one or more sliding guides. The sleeve can be attached to the sliding bar. The sleeve can be configured to accommodate connectors of various sizes. Activating the hydraulic assembly can cause the ram to extend, which, in turn, can cause the sliding bar to move along the longitudinal axis of the cable connector compressing the compression member and connector body into operative engagement with the cable.

Abstract: The present invention provides a coaxial cable which comprises a cable core encased in a polymeric layer, enclosing the cable core with a pair of shaped conductors; extruding a layer of polymer over the shaped conductors; and cabling armor wire layer about the layer of polymer to form the coaxial cable.

Abstract: A coaxial connector for interconnection with a coaxial cable with a solid outer conductor by friction welding is provided with a monolithic connector body with a bore dimensioned for an interference fit with an outer diameter of the outer conductor. A friction groove may be formed around the leading end of the outer conductor by application of a friction weld support against the inner diameter and leading end of the outer conductor. The friction groove may include a material chamber formed between a radial friction protrusion of the bore and a bottom of the friction groove. The friction weld support may be provided with ceramic surfaces contacting the outer conductor, a stop shoulder dimensioned to abut a cable end of the bore and/or an elastic insert seated within an inner conductor bore.

Abstract: A preconnectorized apparatus includes a housing and at least one F-style coaxial cable connector extending therefrom. Each connector has a connector body with a cable receiving end and an opposite forward end. A compression element coupled to the receiving end is movable between an unseated position and a seated position and is configured to secure a coaxial cable within the connector body when in the seated position. The connector includes a tubular inner contact post having a free end configured to be inserted into a prepared coaxial cable end. A receiving member positioned forward of the contact post is electrically connected to a circuit within the housing. The receiving member receives a center conductor of a coaxial cable inserted through the connector body cable receiving end and electrically connects the center conductor to the circuit.

Abstract: A method for preparing a terminal end of a cable to connect to a cable connector is provided. The method includes stripping a jacket, an insulating layer, and a corrugated outer conductor from a first section of a coaxial cable, stripping the jacket from a second section of the coaxial cable, and axially advancing a terminal end of the corrugated outer conductor beyond a terminal end of the insulating layer, resulting in an open section of the corrugated coaxial cable having an open space between the corrugated outer conductor and the inner conductor. A tool for accomplishing the foregoing is further provided, and includes first and second opposing jaws that engage the inner and outer conductors, respectively, such that operating the tool causes a terminal end of the outer conductor to axially advance toward the terminal end of the inner conductor.

Abstract: A coaxial connector for interconnection with a coaxial cable with a solid outer conductor by ultrasonic welding is provided with a monolithic connector body with a bore. An annular flare seat is angled radially outward from the bore toward a connector end of the connector; the annular flare seat open to the connector end of the connector. The flare seat may be provided with an annular flare seat corrugation.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a flat coaxial cable includes the steps of: providing two composite layers having a first A aperture, a second A aperture, a first B aperture and a second B aperture; adhering the composite layers on a signal wire and exposing the signal wire through the apertures; forming two fill apertures penetrating through the two composite layers and filling a silver paste within the fill apertures; providing two outer cover layers having a first C aperture and a second C aperture, and respectively adhering the two outer cover layers on the two composite layers; and cutting the adhered signal wire, composite layers and outer cover layers along a direction perpendicular to the signal wire. Thus, the flat coaxial cable has two ends formed with a step-like structure defined by the signal wire, the composite layers and the outer cover layers.

Abstract: An electrical cable assembly has a housing with a sealing cavity. A plurality of electrically conductive terminals are terminated to a wire of a cable at a termination junction. Each terminal is positioned within the housing with the termination junctions positioned within the sealing cavity. A dielectric sealing insert having a first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer is located within the sealing cavity to surround each termination junction. A method of assembling the electrical cable assembly is also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electromagnetic shielding device for electromagnetic shielding of a power transmitting arrangement adapted to house an electromagnetically shielded conducting element. The electromagnetic shielding device has essentially the form of a sleeve and further includes a weakened portion, which is adapted to be contracted for establishing an electrical connection between the device and the shielding of the conducting element.

Abstract: A coaxial cable connector comprising a connector body; a post engageable with the connector body, wherein the post includes a flange; a nut, axially rotatable with respect to the post and the connector body, the nut having a first end and an opposing second end, wherein the nut includes an internal lip, and wherein a second end portion of the nut corresponds to the portion of the nut extending from the second end of the nut to the side of the lip of the nut facing the first end of the nut at a point nearest the second end of the nut, and a first end portion of the nut corresponds to the portion of the nut extending from the first end of the nut to the same point nearest the second end of the nut of the same side of the lip facing the first end of the nut; and a continuity member disposed within the second end portion of the nut and contacting the post and the nut, so that the continuity member extends electrical grounding continuity through the post and the nut is provided.

Abstract: A stripline RF transmission cable has a flat inner conductor surrounded by a dielectric layer that is surrounded by an outer conductor. The outer conductor has a top section and a bottom section which transition to a pair of edge sections that interconnect the top section with the bottom section. The top section, bottom section and the inner conductor may be provided with generally equal widths. An average dielectric constant of the dielectric layer may be lower between the inner conductor edges and the edge sections than between a mid section of the inner conductor and the top and the bottom sections and/or spacing between the inner conductor and the dielectric layer may be reduced proximate a mid section of the inner conductor.

Abstract: A method for straightening, constraining, cutting and terminating a multi-stranded, non-parallel cable. The cable filaments are aligned. A binder is then applied to the cable to maintain the alignment. The cable is then cut to a desired length. Each strand or group of strands is then placed in an individual termination. Each individual termination is then attached—either directly or through intermediate devices—to a collector.

Abstract: A coaxial connector for interconnection with a coaxial cable with a solid outer conductor by ultrasonic welding is provided with a monolithic connector body with a bore. An annular flare seat is angled radially outward from the bore toward a connector end of the connector, the annular flare seat open to the connector end of the connector. An inner conductor cap is provided for interconnection with an inner conductor of the coaxial cable by ultrasonic welding. The ultrasonic welding of each of the inner and outer conductor interconnections may be performed via inner conductor and outer conductor sonotrodes which are coaxial with one another, without requiring the cable and or connector to be removed from their fixture.

Abstract: A connector including a main body having a first end and a second end, the main body configured to receive a prepared coaxial cable, a front body operably attached to the main body, and an outer conductor engagement member having a first end and a second end, the outer conductor engagement member having at least one axial slot to permit deflection of the outer conductor engagement member, wherein deflection of the outer conductor engagement member clamps the coaxial cable. Furthermore, an outer conductor engagement member and an associated method are also provided.

Abstract: A bending coaxial electrical connector is disclosed which comprises a center terminal, a dielectric body and an outer conductor wherein the cover section of the outer conductor is provided with a protrusion projecting to the tubular section by means of which a corresponding bump is stamped out from the dielectric body which is then pressed against a center conductor of the coaxial cable disposed on the connecting section so as to form a secure connection between the center conductor of the coaxial cable and the connecting section of the center terminal of the coaxial electrical connector. The electrical connector in the present invention is advantageous in that the various structures described above can firmly maintain the center conductor at a predetermined position on the center terminal, the consistency and stability of the characteristic impedance of the connection is therefore achieved.

Abstract: A method for making a coaxial cable including an inner conductor, an outer conductor, and a dielectric material layer therebetween may include forming the inner conductor by at least forming a bimetallic strip into a tubular bimetallic layer having a pair of longitudinal edge portions at a longitudinal seam. The bimetallic strip may include an inner metal layer and an outer metal layer bonded thereto and coextensive therewith. Each of the longitudinal edge portions may be folded over. The method may also include forming a welded joint between adjacent portions of the folded over longitudinal edge portions and defining surplus material at the welded joint. The method may further include removing the surplus material at the welded joint and forming the dielectric material layer surrounding the inner conductor. The method may also include forming the outer conductor surrounding the dielectric material layer.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a manufacturing method of a graphene fiber, a graphene fiber manufactured by the same method, and use thereof. The graphene fiber formed by using graphenes of linear pattern can be applied to various fields such as an electric wire and coaxial cable.

Abstract: A method for processing an end of a very thin coaxial cable which includes sequentially from its center to outer side a center conductor, an inner insulator, a shield conductor formed of a helically wound or a braided conducting wire, and a jacket. The method includes cutting the jacket to expose the shield conductor, cutting a circumferential portion of the exposed shield conductor in plural longitudinal portions of the very thin coaxial cable, and pulling and removing the jacket and the shield conductor between the end of the very thin coaxial cable and a farthest end-processing portion from the end of the very thin coaxial cable, to expose the inner insulator.

Abstract: A method for making a coaxial cable including an inner conductor, an outer conductor, and a dielectric material layer therebetween may include forming the inner conductor by at least forming a bimetallic strip into a tubular bimetallic layer having a pair of longitudinal edge portions at a longitudinal seam. The bimetallic strip may include an inner metal layer and an outer metal layer bonded thereto and coextensive therewith. Each of the longitudinal edge portions may be folded over. The method may also include forming a welded joint between adjacent portions of the folded over longitudinal edge portions and defining surplus material at the welded joint. The method may further include removing the surplus material at the welded joint and forming the dielectric material layer surrounding the inner conductor. The method may also include forming the outer conductor surrounding the dielectric material layer.

Abstract: A coaxial connector for interconnection with a coaxial cable with a solid outer conductor by friction welding is provided with a monolithic connector body with a bore. A sidewall of the bore is provided with an inward annular projection angled toward a cable end of the bore. A sidewall of the inward annular projection and the sidewall of the bore form an annular friction groove open to a cable end of the bore. The annular friction groove is dimensioned with a taper at a connector end of the friction groove less than a thickness of a leading end of the outer conductor. The taper provides an annular material chamber between the leading end of the outer conductor, when seated in the friction groove, and the connector end of the friction groove.

Abstract: In a shielded cable braid-cutting apparatus 10, a pair of braid-spreading claws 32 and 33 beat an outer periphery of a braid 44 to spread the braid 44 into a larger diameter, and then the braid 44 is cut. In the shielded cable braid-cutting apparatus 10, each of the pair of braid-spreading claws 32 and 33 has a recess portion 74 of a generally recumbent V-shape, and the braid-spreading claws 32 and 33 are slid radially of the braid 44 so as to cause the recess portions 74 of the braid-spreading claws 32 and 33 to beat four portions 44A of the outer periphery of the braid 44, thereby spreading the braid 44 into a larger diameter.

Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment, an electrical connector includes a connector housing, and at least one electrical terminal supported by the connector housing. The electrical terminal defines a mating portion and a mounting portion. The electrical connector includes a lock movable between an unlocked position and a locked position so as to facilitate insertion of a flex cable and subsequent locking of the flex cable to the mounting portion.

Abstract: A connector assembly for a corrugated coaxial cable is provided. The coaxial cable connector assembly comprises a compression member having a first end and a second end, a connector body having a first end and a second end, an insulator, a pin, and a spring basket, wherein the first end of the compression member is structured to receive an exposed end of a corrugated coaxial cable and the second end is structured to receive the first end of the connector body, wherein the connector body is configured to retain the insulator therein and the insulator is configured to retain the pin therein to insulate the pin from the connector body, and wherein the spring basket is configured to couple to an exposed inner conductor of the cable, and wherein the compression member is configured to physically retain the cable and electrically couple an outer conductor of the cable to the connector body while electrically coupling the spring basket to the pin.

Abstract: A grounding clamp positioned on a coaxial cable at a location other than an end of the coaxial cable, wherein the grounding clamp includes an outer shell having a radial relationship with an elastomeric sleeve, the elastomeric sleeve being radially disposed over a conductive bonding contact, the conductive bonding contact being radially disposed over an outer conductive portion of the coaxial cable, wherein axial compression of the grounding clamp facilitates electrical contact between the outer shell and the conductive bonding contact and between the conductive bonding contact and the outer conductive portion of the coaxial cable. Furthermore, an associated method for maintaining ground continuity is also provided.

Abstract: In one aspect, a method to repair a cable jacket includes disposing a shrink tube on a damaged area of a cable jacket of a cable. The shrink tube includes a first end portion and a second end portion. The method also includes heating the shrink tube to seal the damaged area and tapering the first end portion of the shrink tube by cutting the shrink tube. Another aspect includes a device to taper end portions of a cable jacket shrink tube repair. A further aspect includes a device to dispose a tube on a cable.