Adapter for shielded electrical cable connections

An adapter converting a non-repairable electrical cable connection into one which is repairable, said cable connection being of the type in which a wire bundle is enclosed within a braided shield which is permanently terminated to a backshell, the backshell being secured to a connector to which the wire bundle is terminated by a coupling nut which is slidably mounted on the backshell, the coupling nut having internal screw threading engaging external screw threading on the connector, the backshell having an outwardly directed annular shoulder, means carried by said coupling nut engaging said shoulder upon longitudinal movement of said coupling nut away from said backshell, said adapter comprising a pair of electrically conductive semicircular sections, said sections forming a cylindrical adapter fitting around and enclosing an unshielded portion of said wire bundle between said backshell and said connector, said adapter having diametrically enlarged external threading at one end thereof engaging said coupling nut connecting one end of said adapter to said backshell, a second coupling nut slidably mounted around said adapter, said second coupling nut having internal threading engaging the external threading on said connector connecting the other end of said adapter to said connector, the end of said adapter adjacent to said connector having an outwardly directed annular shoulder of identical dimension with said first named shoulder, a split ring mounted within said second coupling nut engaging said last named shoulder, said split ring being removable from said second coupling nut to permit said second coupling nut to be moved longitudinally past said diametrically enlarged external threading on said adapter and past said first named shoulder on said connector so that said sections can be separated and removed from around the unshielded portion of said wire bundle to permit repair of said bundle and its adjacent terminations to said connector without disturbing said shielding or the termination of said shielding to said backshell.