Patent ID: 8692114

Claim:
A wiring harness conduits shield assembly for providing shield continuity where at least one main wire bundle conduit branches into two or more wire bundle conduit branches, said assembly comprising: at least one pre-branch shield sock disposed around the at least one main wire bundle conduit; a plurality of post-branch shield socks, one each disposed around each of the wire bundle branch conduits, said post-branch shield socks having a tail portion extending beyond a point at which the main wire bundle conduit branches into the wire bundle branch conduits; an interconnect ring coaxially disposed around the main wire bundle conduit at a branching point, wherein said at least one pre-branch shield sock and said tail portions of said wire bundle branch conduits are all metal or metal-plated and are disposed over said interconnect ring so as to bring said at least one pre-branch shield sock and said post-branch shield socks into overlapping metal-to-metal contact, thereby creating shield continuity between said at least one pre-branch shield sock and said post-branch shield socks; a retaining band coaxially and tightly disposed around and over a portion of the overlapping portions of said pre-branch shield sock and said post-branch shield socks so as to capture and retain a portion of each of said pre-branch shield sock and said post-branch shield socks; and wherein said interconnect ring is generally cylindrical and includes a first portion having a first interior diameter into which said at least one main wire bundle conduit is disposed and an exterior surface on which said pre-branch shield sock and said post-branch shield sock tail portions are disposed, said first portion having a first retaining feature disposed on one end and a second retaining feature disposed on a second end.