High-voltage x-ray cable connection

A high-voltage cable connection for connecting a high-voltage power supply and an x-ray tube, the cable connection comprising:

• (a) a terminal having a rigid male sleeve formed of insulating material and a plurality of conductors, the sleeve having a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the conductors are routed through the sleeve and extend to the distal end and terminate in a pattern of pins, and wherein the sleeve is shaped to fit within a mating female receptacle and the pattern of pins are arranged to fit within a pattern of sockets which are connectors in the power supply or the x-ray tube;
• length defined between the first end and the second end, the conductors extending between the first and second ends a circumference, and a jacket and copper braiding about the circumference of the cable, the first end of the cable being routed through the proximal end of the sleeve such that the conductors continue uninterrupted through the sleeve and the length of the cable;
• (c) a cap having a base portion which covers the proximal end of the sleeve and a conduit which flares inward from the base, the conduit having an inside boundary and outside boundary, wherein the jacket and the copper braiding of the cable fits over of the outside boundary of the conduit and the remainder of the cable is routed through the inside boundary of the conduit;
• (d) a clamp which secures the jacket and the copper braiding of the cable against the outside boundary of the conduit;
• (e) a flexible boot which is juxtaposed with the proximal end of the rigid male sleeve and envelops the circumference of the cable at a point where the cable enters the sleeve;
• (f) a collar which conforms about a boundary formed between the proximal end of the sleeve and the flexible boot to maintain the boot in position opposed to the proximal end of the male sleeve, the collar having multiple segments each of which fit about a portion of the boundary;
• (g) a ring which fits about the collar to hold the segments together;
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• (h) a nut having an external thread portion, the nut fitting over the collar and the ring, and the external threads meeting with internal threads which form part of the receptacle in the power supply or the x-ray tube.