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US 10,707,592 B2Granted
Thread to compress connector
AssigneePpc Broadband, Inc.
InventorHarold Watkins
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Abstract
A cable connector connects a coaxial cable to an interface port by an outer conductor engager, a body and a coupler. The coupler draws the body over a plurality of resilient fingers of the outer conductor engager to urge the fingers into electrical contact with a peripheral outer surface of a stripped/prepared end of a coaxial cable.
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A cable connector, comprising:
- an outer conductor engager portion configured to receive an end of a coaxial cable and to be in electrical communication with an outer conductor of the received coaxial cable;
- a body portion configured to circumscribe the received coaxial cable;
- a coupler portion configured to move the body portion axially relative to the outer conductor engager portion such that a tapered inner surface of the body portion engages the outer conductor engager portion;
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- a compression portion disposed rearward of the tapered inner surface along an axial direction,
- wherein the compression portion is configured to urge the outer conductor engager portion against the outer conductor when the body portion is moved axially relative to the outer conductor engager portion by the coupler portion.
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A cable connector, comprising:
- an outer conductor engager portion configured to receive an end of a coaxial cable and to be in electrical communication with an outer conductor of the received coaxial cable;
- a body portion configured to circumscribe the coaxial cable and to engage the outer conductor engager portion when the body portion is disposed in a first axial position;
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- a coupler portion configured to move the body portion axially relative to the outer conductor engager portion such that an inner surface of the body portion engages the outer conductor engager portion,
- wherein a compression portion of the body portion is disposed rearward of a forward end of the body portion along an axial direction and configured to have an inner surface with a diameter that is smaller than a diameter of an inner surface of the forward end of the body portion, and
- wherein the compression portion is configured to urge the outer conductor engager portion against the outer conductor when the body portion is moved axially relative to the outer conductor engager portion by the coupler portion to a second axial position.
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A cable connector, comprising
- an outer conductor engager having an outer surface that tapers rearwardly along an axial direction, the outer conductor engager being configured to receive an end of a coaxial cable and to be in electrical communication with an outer conductor of the received coaxial cable;
- a body configured to circumscribe the coaxial cable, the body being configured to engage the outer conductor engager when the body is disposed in a first axial position;
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- a coupler configured to move the body axially relative to the outer conductor engager such that a surface of the body engages the tapered outer surface of the outer conductor engager,
- wherein a compression portion of the body is disposed rearward of a forward end of the body along the axis and has a diameter that is smaller than a largest diameter of the tapered outer surface of the outer conductor engager, and
- wherein the compression portion is configured to engage the tapered outer surface of the outer conductor engager and urge the outer conductor engager against the outer conductor when the body is moved axially relative to the outer conductor engager by the coupler to a second axial position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.