IMPROVED INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSING CABLE BOOT ASSEMBLY

摘要

A flexible cable boot (110) for external installation around a cable connector (120) of the type being coaxial, triaxial, copper twisted pair, or fiber optic in nature. The cable boot would include a flexible, closely fit external sleeve having a compressible end for supporting a cable against excessive flexing and having on its second end an inwardly extending disc, deformable so that it can be screwed onto the external threads of a connector to form a seal, and including an internal shield (134) to prevent EMI leakage radiation. The cable boot would further comprise a main body of thermoplastic rubber material which is ozone resistant. Contained within the body of the cable boot would be provided a metal based lining shielding bonded to the inner wall of the cable boot body with an adhesive material. The assembly is especially suitable for enclosing and protecting cable television coaxial connectors which would be mounted outside of a building such as on a pole or at a distribution splitter outside of a home.