Sealing boot for electrical interconnection

A method of protecting an interconnection assembly, comprising the steps of:

• (a) providing a coaxial cable-connector assembly, wherein the assembly includes a coaxial cable having a helically corrugated outer conductor, the outer conductor defining a helix having a first rotative direction, the assembly further including a first coaxial connector attached at one end of the cable;
• (b) providing a sealing boot comprising:
• a main body having a cavity;
• and
• a neck merging with one end of the main body and having a cylindrical inner surface that defines a bore that is continuous with the cavity of the main body, the inner surface having an inner diameter that is less than an inner diameter of the cavity of the main body;
• wherein the inner surface of the neck includes a helical feature comprising a main artery and two tributaries, the tributaries each intersecting a section of the main artery at one end and merging with an end of the main artery at an opposite end;
• (c) attaching the coaxial connector to a second, mating coaxial connector to form an interconnection;
• and
• (d) sliding the sealing boot along the cable until the interconnection is housed within the cavity of the sealing boot, wherein the inner surface of the neck of the sealing boot grips the cable.

A method of protecting an interconnection assembly, comprising the steps of:

• (a) providing a coaxial cable-connector assembly, wherein the assembly includes a coaxial cable having a helically corrugated outer conductor, the outer conductor defining a helix having a first rotative direction, the assembly further including a first coaxial connector attached at one end of the cable;
• (b) providing a sealing boot comprising:
• a main body having a cavity;
• and
• a neck merging with one end of the main body and having a cylindrical inner surface that defines a bore that is continuous with the cavity of the main body, the inner surface having an inner diameter that is less than an inner diameter of the cavity of the main body, wherein the inner surface of the neck includes a helical feature having first and second ends, wherein the first and second ends are spaced from a free end of the neck.
• (c) attaching the coaxial connector to a second, mating coaxial connector to form an interconnection;
• and
• (d) sliding the sealing boot along the cable until the interconnection is housed within the cavity of the sealing boot, wherein the inner surface of the neck of the sealing boot grips the cable.