Split shell connector accessory for electrical cables

Claim 1

A split shell connector accessory for electrical cables comprising a pair of complementarily formed shell halves having a passage extending therethrough for receiving and holding a cable, one of said shell halves having an elastomeric sealing member extending continously along each side of said cable holding passage, an adapter mounted at each end of said passage, each of said adapters having an annular resilient member extending therearound, said resilient members extending in a plane transverse to the plane of said elastomeric sealing members, said shell halves having complementarily formed ridges and grooves extending continuously along each side of said passage adjacent and in the same plane as said sealing members, and said adapters and shell halves having complementarily formed annular flanges and channels extending therearound adjacent to and in the same plane as said resilient members, and means for tightening said shell halves into engagement with each other, whereby the adjacent portions of said elastomeric members and resilient members are compressed into engagement with each other and said elastomeric members are compressed into engagement with the other of said shell halves to form an environmental seal and said ridges and grooves and said flanges and channels are respectively simultaneously engaged with each other to form a RFI/EMI shield, said environmental seal and said shield extending completely around the periphery of said passage and the cable portion disposed within said passage.