Insulated cable splice

Claim 1

A CABLE CONNECTOR FOR ELECTRICALLY CONNECTING THE FACING ENDS OF FIRST AND SECOND CABLES INCLUDING IN COMBINATION A CYLINDRICAL BODY FORMED OF AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE DEFORMABLE MATERIAL, FIRST AND SECOND ADJACENT CRIMPABLE SECTIONS LONGITUDINALLY DISPLACED ON SAID BODY, FIRST AND SECOND CAVITIES WITHIN SAID FIRST AND SECOND CRIMPABLE SECTIONS RESPECTIVELY, FIRST AND SECOND RESPECTIVE ENTRANCES TO SAID CAVITIES FOR RECEIVING RESPECTIVE ENDS OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND CABLES, AN ELASTOMERIC INSULATING SLEEVE HAVING A LONGITUDINAL DIMENSION GREATER THAN THE LONGITUDINAL DIMENSION OF SAID CONNECTOR, FIRST AND SECOND ENDS OF SAID INSULATING SLEEVE ROLLED TOWARD ONE ANOTHER PROVIDING A ROLLED LENGTH OF SAID SLEEVE LESS THAN THE LENGTH OF SAID CONNECTOR, A ZONE OF SAID CONNECTOR ENCIRCLED BY SAID SLEEVE LONGITUDINALLY DISPLACED FROM SAID FIRST AND SECOND CRIMPABLE SECTIONS BETWEEN SAID FIRST CAVITY ENTRANCE AND SAID FIRST CRIMPABLE SECTION WHEREBY SAID CABLE ENDS CAN BE RETAINED WITHIN SAID RESPECTIVE CRIMPABLE SECTIONS AND SAID SLEEVE EXTENDED TO ITS FULL LENGTH OVERLYING SAID CONNECTOR AND SAID CAVITY ENTRANCES TO PROVIDE INSULATION OF SAID SLEEVE AND SEALING AT SAID CAVITY ENTRANCES SAID ZONE CONSISTING OF PARALLEL CYLINDRICAL DEPRESSED PORTIONS OF SAID CONNECTOR PROVIDING PARALLEL CYLINDRICAL CHANNELS RECEIVING SAID FIRST AND SECOND ENDS OF SAID SLEEVE RESPECTIVELY IN ITS ROLLED CONDITION WITH SAID SECOND END OF SAID SLEEVE OF GREATER LENGTH THAN SAID FIRST END.