Mass termination device and connection assembly

A connection assembly comprising:

• a connector wafer having a plurality of center conductor contacts;
• a conductive connector shell surrounding a portion of the connector wafer;
• a plurality of shielded cables each having at least one center conductor and a shielding braid, the center conductors connected to the respective center conductor contacts;
• a mass termination device comprising a pair of complementary busbar-type grounding members, each member having a connector shell contact portion connected to said connector shell, each member having a plurality of laterally extending complementary mating semicircular elements, each of which directly contacts an opposed one of said elements, said elements defining a plurality of openings therebetween, the shielding braid of the respective shielded cables positioned within said openings, the elements being clamped onto the shielding braids to ensure continuity of electromagnetic shielding.

A connection assembly comprising:

• a connector wafer having a plurality of center conductor contacts;
• a conductive connector shell surrounding a portion of the connector wafer;
• a plurality of shielded cables each having at least one center conductor and a shielding braid, the center conductors connected to the respective center conductor contacts;
• a mass termination device comprising a pair of complementary busbar-type grounding members, each member having a connector shell contact portion connected to said connector shell, each member having a plurality of laterally extending complementary mating semicircular elements, each of which directly contacts an opposed one of said elements, said elements defining a plurality of openings therebetween wherein the semicircular elements of at least one of the grounding members are each provided with an aperture through the semicircular elements, the shielding braid of the respective shielded cables positioned within said openings, the elements being clamped onto the shielding braids to ensure continuity of electromagnetic shielding:
• fusible material fused through said apertures to connect the grounding members and the shielding braids;
• a heat-recovered boot surrounding the grounding members;
• and
• further including a plurality of individual heat-recovered tubes, one tube per each pair of complementary elements, the heat-recovered boot surrounding the tubes and grounding members.

A connection assembly comprising:

• a connector wafer having a plurality of center conductor contacts;
• a conductive connector shell surrounding a portion of the connector wafer;
• a plurality of shielded cables each having at least one center conductor and a shielding braid, the center conductors connected to the respective center conductor contacts;
• a mass termination device comprising a pair of complementary busbar-type grounding members, each member having a connector shell contact portion connected to said connector shell, each member having a plurality of laterally extending complementary mating semicircular elements, each of which directly contacts an opposed one of said elements, said elements defining a plurality of openings therebetween wherein the semicircular elements of at least one of the grounding members are each provided with an aperture through the semicircular elements, the shielding braid of the respective shielded cables positioned within said openings, the elements being clamped onto the shielding braids to ensure continuity of electromagnetic shielding;
• fusible material fused through said apertures to connect the grounding members and the shielding braids;
• a heat-recovered boot surrounding the grounding members;
• and
• further including a bandoleer-like connection means comprising an open-ended hollow heat-recovered member having a plurality of tubular portions that are heat-recovered, one heat-recovered portion per each pair of complementary elements, the heat-recovered boot surrounding the bandoleer-like connection means and the grounding members.