Connector for hardline coaxial cable

A coaxial cable connector comprising:

• a nut housing having a rearward cable receiving end and an opposite forward end;
• a front nut assembly coupled to the forward end of the nut housing;
• a conductive metal tubular insert shaft supported within the nut housing or the front nut assembly;
• a nonconductive plastic tubular support sleeve having a forward end portion coupled with a rearward end portion of the conductive metal tubular insert shaft;
• a tubular gripping ferrule radially surrounding the metal insert shaft and the plastic support sleeve;
• and
• a tubular outer sleeve radially surrounding at least a portion of said gripping ferrule,
• wherein the gripping ferrule and the tubular outer sleeve are configured to be moved relative to one another in an axial direction such that the gripping ferrule and the tubular outer sleeve are configured to engage one another, thereby causing the gripping ferrule to radially compress around the conductive metal tubular insert shaft and the nonconductive plastic tubular support sleeve.

A coaxial cable connector comprising:

• a nut assembly having a rearward cable receiving end and an opposite forward end;
• a hybrid inner sleeve comprising a conductive forward portion and a nonconductive rearward portion, the hybrid inner sleeve being supported within the nut assembly;
• a tubular gripping ferrule radially surrounding the metal insert shaft and the plastic support sleeve;
• and
• a tubular outer sleeve radially surrounding at least a portion of said gripping ferrule,
• wherein the gripping ferrule and the tubular outer sleeve are configured to be moved relative to one another in an axial direction such that the gripping ferrule and the tubular outer sleeve are configured to engage one another, thereby causing the gripping ferrule to radially compress around the hybrid inner sleeve.