US Patent 8028378 Multi-segmented, articulating clamp

A clamping device, having a plurality of clamp segments, each clamp segment, having an arcuate base, each arcuate base having an interior side and an exterior side, a first pair of sidewalls extruding radially inward from the interior side of the arcuate base, thereby defining an interior channel, wherein the sidewalls are conformable to a fitting inside the interior channel, a second pair of sidewalls extruding radially outward from the exterior side of the arcuate base, thereby defining an exterior channel, wherein each clamp segment is interconnected with at least one other clamp segment by a hinge; and a cable tie to keep the plurality of clamp segments in a closed configuration.