Cable tap having a biasing portion structurally configured to maintain electrical contact between a first housing portion and a second housing portion to provide grounding and enhanced rf shielding

A cable tap structurally configured to maintain an electrical ground between loosely coupled housing portions to prevent or inhibit radio frequency interference, comprising:

• a first housing portion structurally configured to connect to an input communication cable, wherein the first housing portion includes a first mounting portion and a first attachment portion;
• a second housing portion structurally configured to connect to an output communication cable, wherein the second housing portion includes a second mounting portion and a second attachment portion, wherein the second mounting portion is structurally configured to contact the first mounting portion when the second housing portion is tightly coupled to the first housing portion, wherein the first attachment portion and the second attachment portion are structurally configured to engage a fastening member to attach the second housing portion to the first housing portion;
• a signal processing portion structurally configured to receive and process a signal from the input communication cable and route a processed signal to the output communication cable, wherein the first housing portion and the second housing portion are structurally configured to enclose the signal processing portion;
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• a biasing portion structurally configured to maintain an electrically conductive connection between the first housing portion and the second housing portion when the first housing portion is loosely coupled with the second housing portion and first mounting portion and the second mounting portion are not in contact and the signal processing portion is receiving the signal from the input communication cable so as to ground the first housing portion to the second housing portion and provide enhanced RF shielding.

A cable tap structurally configured to maintain an electrical ground between loosely coupled housing portions to prevent or inhibit radio frequency interference, comprising:

• a first housing portion structurally configured to connect to an input communication cable, wherein the first housing portion includes a first mounting portion;
• a second housing portion structurally configured to connect an output communication cable, wherein the second housing portion includes a second mounting portion structurally configured to contact the first mounting portion when the second housing portion is tightly coupled to the first housing portion;
• a signal processing portion structurally configured to receive and process a signal from the input communication cable and route a processed signal to the output communication cable;
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• a biasing portion structurally configured to maintain an electrically conductive connection between the first housing portion and the second housing portion when the first housing portion is loosely coupled with the second housing portion and first mounting portion and the second mounting portion are not in contact and the signal processing portion is receiving the signal from the input communication cable so as to ground the first housing portion to the second housing portion and provide enhanced RF shielding.