Shielded electrical connection

Claim 1

A COMPOSITE HOUSING FOR TERMINATING OR CONNECTING SHIELDED HIGH VOLTAGE CABLE HAVING AN ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR AND A COVERING OF INSULATING MATERIAL CONTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL SURROUNDNG THE COVERING, A PORTION OF THE COVERING BEING EXPOSED, SAID HOUSING COMPRISING: (A) AN INNER MEMBER MOLDED OF ELECTRICALLY INSULATING ELASTOMERIC MATERIAL HAVING A RESILIENTLY EXPANSIBLE PORTION OF PREDETERMINED INSIDE DIAMETER FOR COOPERATING WITH THE EXPOSED COVERING TO FIRMLY GRIP THE COVERING TO INCREASE THE DIELECTRIC STRENGTH OF THE CREEP PATH ALONG THE COVERING: AND (B) AN OUTER MEMBER OF RESILIENT ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE ELASTOMERIC AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE LENGTH OF SAID MEMBER ALONG AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE LENGTH OF SAID INNER MEMBER AND HAVING A FIRST RESILIENTLY EXPANSIBLE PORTION ALIGNED WITH THE RESILIENTLY EXPANSIBLE PORTION OF SAID INNER MEMBER FOR FIRMLY GRIPPING THE ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL OF THE CABLE TO ATTAIN AN EFFECTIVE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION THEREWITH AND A SECOND RESILIENTLY EXPANSIBLE PORTION BETWEEN THE RESILIENTLY EXPANSIBLE PORTION OF SAID INNER MEMBER AND THE FIRST RESILIENTLY EXPANSIBLE PORTION OF SAID OUTER MEMBER FOR FIRMLY GRIPPING THE INSULATING COVERING OF THE CABLE, AND SECOND RESILIENTLY EXPANSIBLE PORTION BEING OF THE INSIDE DIAMETER AS AND FORMING A CONTINUATION OF SAID RESILIENTLY EXPANSIBLE PORTION OF SAID INNER MEMBER; SAID MEMBERS BEING CONTIGUOUS AND JOINED IN A SINGLE ASSEMBLY AND THE JUNCTURE BETWEEN SAID MEMBERS BEING CONTIGUOUS AND VOID FREE, AND SAID RESILIENTLY EXPANSIBLE PORTIONS BEING DILATABLE WITHOUT EXTERNAL CONSTRAINT.