Patent ID: 8366459

Claim:
A compression style mid-span coaxial cable grounding clamp device comprising: an outer shell, having a first end and an opposing second end, wherein at least a portion of the outer shell is conductive; an elastomeric sleeve, sized for coaxial insertion within the outer shell between the first end and the second end, the elastomeric sleeve configured to substantially surround a prepared portion of a coaxial cable; a conductive bonding contact, sized for coaxial insertion within the elastomeric sleeve and having a conductive bridge member structured to make electrical contact with the outer shell, when the conductive bonding contact is disposed within the outer shell; and a first end compression seal member, sized so that a portion thereof is compressably insertable into the first end of the outer shell; wherein, when the first end compression seal member is compressed into a first end of the outer shell, the elastomeric sleeve is compressed moving the conductive bonding contact into contact with an outer conductor of the prepared coaxial cable when the cable is disposed within the grounding clamp device, and the first compression seal member forms an annular seal around an outer jacket of the coaxial cable at the first end of the outer shell, thereby effectively sealing the grounding clamp device to the coaxial cable.