Segmented coaxial transmission line

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A coaxial cable assembly comprising inner and outer conductors, and a plurality of strain insulators disposed between said inner and outer conductors at intervals along the length thereof, each of said insulators and said inner and outer conductors having means for interlocking the inner and outer conductors to resist relative movement between said inner and outer conductors in the longitudinal direction said strain, insulators being adjustable relative to said inner conductors for prestressing the inner conductors in the longitudinal direction by positively moving the inner conductor relative to the outer conductor and then holding the inner conductor in the stressed condition.