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US 11,695,243 B2Granted
Solderless coaxial cable connector and installation thereof
AssigneeMegaPhase, LLC
InventorsMaddiel Gonzalez, Stéphane Orofino
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Abstract
Cable connector installation tools are provided. In one aspect, a tool includes removable nubs configured to set trim distances from the end of a cable to a blade in the tool. In another aspect, a tool includes jaws configured to force end connector components together, one of which being temporarily engaged by an interface nub.
Claims16
A cable connector installation tool comprising:
- a tool body including a cable entry and a nub port coaxially aligned with the cable entry along a cable axis;
- a blade positioned between the cable entry and the nub port and retractable towards and away from the cable axis;
- a jacket nub including a bore having a bottom, the bottom of the bore being configured at a predetermined jacket trim distance from the blade measured along the cable axis;
- a core nub;
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- a core nub cap configured to temporarily sandwich a connector component and a cable shielding folded over the connector component between the core nub cap and the core nub, wherein
- the jacket nub and the core nub are alternately and removably insertable into the nub port of the tool body.
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A cable connector installation tool comprising:
- a tool body;
- a moveable handle;
- an interface nub configured to temporarily engage an end connector component;
- a solid jaw configured to receive the interface nub;
- a split jaw including a channel configured to receive a cable and having a surface facing the solid jaw configured to engage an intermediate connector component positioned about an end of the cable, wherein
- movement of the handle towards the tool body causes a separation between the split jaw and the solid jaw to decrease such that the end connector component and the intermediate connector component are forced together.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.