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A cable sectional assembly houses an electrically concatenated series of electronic circuit modules and has electric hook-up media interspersed between the modules. Each run of interspersed hook-up media is surrounded by a flexible tubular member, which is oversized to allow movement of the hook-up

A cable sectional assembly houses an electrically concatenated series of electronic circuit modules and has electric hook-up media interspersed between the modules. Each run of interspersed hook-up media is surrounded by a flexible tubular member, which is oversized to allow movement of the hook-up media without restriction under flexing of the assembly. The assembly is a construction and arrangement of two forms of moldingly bonded encapsulations. The first of these forms is made of a hard encapsulant and forms a unitary encapsulation local to each electronic module which (i) encapsulates the circuit module and associated electrical coupling connections between the adjacent end of each individual run of an adjacent interspersed run of media and an electrical terminal of the module, and (ii) is securely bonded to the adjacent marginal end portions of the tubular members which surround the adjacent interspersed runs of hook-up media. The second form is an overmolded annular encapsulation made of a softer flexible encapsulant which fills the annular spaces between the encapsulations of the first form, and which is securely moldingly bonded to the midportion of the tubular member and the adjacent lateral surfaces of the encapsulations of the first form. Both the first and second forms of encapsulations are made of cool curing types of encapsulants.

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1. A cable sectional assembly, comprising:at least one segment having a pair of spaced-apart electronic structures connected by a flexible tubular member having a bore; a first encapsulation surrounding and encasing each of said electronic structures; each said first encapsulation having an end port

1. A cable sectional assembly, comprising:at least one segment having a pair of spaced-apart electronic structures connected by a flexible tubular member having a bore; a first encapsulation surrounding and encasing each of said electronic structures; each said first encapsulation having an end portion which overlaps and contacts a marginal edge portion of an adjacent end of said tubular member; a second encapsulation surrounding said tubular member and said end portion of each said first encapsulation; the pair of spaced-apart electronic structures being electrically connected by at least one run of an electric hook-up medium, said at least one run of an electric hook-up medium extending through said tubular member with opposite terminal portions of each run of a hook-up medium of said at least one run projecting outside respective ends of the bore of the tubular member; each electronic structure of the pair of electronic structures having a plurality of electronic terminals; and an electrical coupling connection at a juncture between each end of a hook-up medium and a terminal of an adjacent one of said electronic structures.