across the exposed core section 11 as described above two metal sleeves 3 5 are crimped on the surrounding insulation layer 4 adjacent to the exposed core section 11 a bridging structure 17 is directly connected to both metal sleeves 3 5 and bridging across the exposed core section 11 the bridging structure 11 is configured to provide an even transmission of strain between the two sleeves 3 5 and at the same time provides sufficient spacing for a reliable forming of the moisture barrier as described in the above 0044 fig8 illustrates how the bridging structure 17 also conforms to outside shape constraints of the wick dam 39 s housing 1 such that well known design features of the wick dam may be easily formed into the outside shape of the molded housing 1 referring to fig9 11 a first embodiment of the strain relief bridge is described in that context fig9 illustrates three dimensionally a monolithically fabricated strain relief bridge the sleeves 3 and 5 are depicted in approximately crimped on configuration where claws 18 protrude towards the center of the sleeves 3 5 the bridging structure 17 includes preferably a number of separate beams circumferentially bridging between the two sleeves 3 5 the beams are positioned in a substantially circumferentially continuous fashion along the sleeves 39 3 5 circumference such that strain and or force received from one of the sleeves 3 5 is evenly transmitted onto the other of the two sleeves 3 5 thereby it is assured that a force applied to the test cord 13 does not result in inadvertent bending of moisture barrier as that would be the case with.