Patent ID: 7838775

Claim:
A cover for a connector adapted to terminate a cable, wherein the connector includes a body portion and a coupling element and is adapted to terminate in a bulkhead with a shank portion extending outwardly therefrom, said cover comprising: a. a unitary elongated body member having cable and bulkhead ends, interior and exterior surfaces, said elongated body extending along a longitudinal axis; and b. wherein said interior surface includes a first region adapted to cover at least a portion of the signal carrying cable and extending from said cable end to a first shoulder, said first region being of a minimum, first cross-sectional diameter and including a plurality of grooves formed therein, a second region adapted to cover at least the connector body portion and coupling element and that extends from said first shoulder to a second shoulder, said second region being of an minimum, second cross-sectional diameter that is greater than said minimum, first cross-sectional diameter, and a third region adapted to cover the shank portion and that extends from said second shoulder to said bulkhead end, said third region being of a minimum, third cross-sectional diameter that is greater than said minimum, second cross-sectional diameter.