Right-angled coaxial cable connector
AssigneeCorning Gilbert Inc.
InventorsDonald Andrew Burris, William Bernard Lutz
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Abstract
A right-angled coaxial cable connector for coupling an end of a coaxial cable to a terminal is disclosed, the right-angled connector includes fewer components and better impedance characteristics. The right-angled coaxial cable connector includes a main body into which a coaxial cable is inserted, a retainer inserted into the main body, and a coupler for connecting the connector to a terminal. The right-angled coaxial cable connector also has a seal disposed between the retainer and the coupler.
Claims20
A right-angled coaxial cable connector comprising:
- a main body having a first end and a second end, and an internal surface extending between the first and second ends of the main body, the internal surface defining a longitudinal opening, the main body also having a first opening at the first end and the second opening adjacent the second end, each opening having a longitudinal axis therethrough, the longitudinal axis of the first opening being generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the second opening;
- a retainer having a rear end, a front end, and an internal surface extending between the rear and front ends of the retainer, the internal surface defining a longitudinal opening, the retainer disposed through the second opening and into the longitudinal opening of the main body, at least a portion of the rear end of the retainer engaging at least a portion of the internal surface of the main body;
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- a coupler disposed proximate the front end of the retainer to engage a terminal, the coupler having a portion with a hexagonal outer configuration;
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- an electrical conductor disposed in the longitudinal openings of the main body and the retainer, the electrical conductor being bent through an angle of about 90° to extend through the longitudinal opening of the retainer and out of the front end thereof.
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A method of making a right angle coaxial cable connector assembly, the method comprising the steps of:
- passing an end of a coaxial cable through a longitudinal opening in a compression sleeve;
- passing an insulator over a center conductor of the coaxial cable;
- passing the end of the coaxial cable into a longitudinal opening of a main body through a first end of the main body, the center conductor of the coaxial cable passing out of the longitudinal opening through an opening adjacent a second end of the main body;
- bending the center conductor about the insulator through an angle of about 90°;
- centering the bent center conductor in the opening in the second end of the main body;
- moving the center conductor into a longitudinal opening in a retainer;
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- inserting the retainer into the opening at the second end of the main body so that the center conductor extends through a front end of the retainer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.