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US 12,074,404 B2Granted
Torque limiting clamp for helical outer conductor cables
AssigneeJohn Mezzalingua Associates, Inc.
InventorsThomas Sawyer Urtz, Jr., Jeremy Charles Benn
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Abstract
An RF connector that has a main body, a clamp, and a cap. The connector has an internal torque limiting mechanism that enables the connector to be installed in the field such that the connector is correctly positioned at the axial stop point of the RF cable during insertion. This is enabled by an internal preloaded cap/seal interface that requires a predetermined breakaway torque to cause the cap to rotate relative to the clamp. The breakaway torque is less than a torque that would be required to over-install the connector.
Claims19
An RF connector, comprising:
- a main body assembly extending along a radial axis an comprising,
- a cap configured to translate along the radial axis,
- a clamp positioned inside the cap;
- and
- a seal interposed between the clamp and the cap,
- wherein a clamp/seal interface is configured to keep the clamp and the cap rotationally fixed to each other while translating along the radial axis when subject to a torque that is less than a breakaway torque, and
- wherein the cap and the clamp rotate relative to each other when subject to a torque that is greater than the breakaway torque.
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An RF connector, comprising:
- a main body comprising,
- a cap,
- a cap seal positioned within the cap, and
- a clamping means,
- wherein the clamping means and the cap seal form a preloaded cap/seal interface that acts as a torque limiting means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.