Patent ID: 7220067

Claim:
An assembly for use in a wellbore, comprising: a downhole cable having a splice, wherein the cable further comprises a communication line, a first tubular member around the communication line, and a second tubular member, wherein the first tubular member at least partially resides within the second tubular member; a retainer connected to the cable proximate the splice, the retainer to impart a swaging load in response to an applied torque to clamp the retainer to the second tubular member to prevent axial stress in the cable from affecting the splice; an outer protective sleeve installed around the first tubular member to cover a length of the first tubular member not in the second tubular member, the outer protective sleeve attached to the retainer; and a housing to contain the cable, retainer, and outer protective sleeve, wherein the retainer comprises: a retainer body defining a bore therein for receiving the second tubular member of the cable; a retainer nut defining a bore therein for receiving the second tubular member of the cable, the retainer nut adapted to engage the retainer body; and a pair of ferrules each defining a bore therein for receiving the second tubular member of the cable, the pair of ferrules arranged between the retainer body and the retainer nut, the pair of ferrules adapted to impart the swaging load to clamp the retainer body to the second tubular member as the retainer nut is torqued.