Device for electrically contacting and sealing a tubular member

A device for providing electrical contact to an outer conductor of a coaxial cable, the outer conductor having at least one bare segment, said device comprising:

• a) a base structure, said base structure comprising a clamp adapted to be clamped around a coaxial cable to be contacted said base structure provided with an interior surface and an exterior surface;
• b) sealing lips operatively associated with said base structure and forming a part thereof and extending from said interior surface thereof, said sealing lips for providing a seal between said base structure and the coaxial cable when said base structure is tensioned therearound;
• c) an electrically conducting contact element attached to said base structure wherein when said base structure is tensioned around the coaxial cable said electrically conducting contact element will rest against the bare segment of the coaxial cable and provide electrical contact therewith;
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• d) adjusting accessories for maintaining the position of said band shaped electrically conducting contact element during affixation to said base structure, said adjusting accessories selected from the group consisting of at least one rest edge and at least one rest surface, said at least one rest surface sloping with respect to a retaining surface at which said contact element is affixed to said base structure, said band shaped electrically conducting contact element rests against at least one of said at least one rest edge and said at least one rest surface when affixed to said base structure, each of said at least one rest edge and said at least one rest surface being located axially inward from said sealing lips at a protrusion, said protrusion is at least one of a stud or a rib.