Coaxial cable connector having an outer conductor engager
AssigneePpc Broadband, Inc.
InventorHarold John WATKINS
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A connector for a coaxial cable includes a coupler configured to engage another coaxial cable connector. The connector further includes a body disposed at least partially within the coupler. The connector further includes an outer conductor engager made of a conductive material disposed within the body and the coupler. The connector further includes a biasing element on an interior of the body. During a coupling of the connector to the coaxial cable: a connector end of the outer conductor engager moves axially relative to the body, the outer conductor engager is compressed by the biasing element, and an interior of the outer conductor engager is inwardly compressed against an outer conductor of the coaxial cable.
Claims18
A cable connector, comprising:
- an outer conductor engager portion configured to receive an end of a coaxial cable, the outer conductor engager portion being configured to be in electrical communication with an outer peripheral surface of an outer conductor of the received coaxial cable;
- a body portion coaxially aligned with the outer conductor engager portion along an axis, the body portion being configured to circumscribe the coaxial cable;
- a coupler portion rotatably mounted relative to the outer conductor engager portion, the coupler portion and the body portion being configured to retain a sealing member therebetween in a radial direction relative to the axis;
- and
- a breakaway body portion configured to maintain the sealing member between the coupler portion and the body portion, wherein
- the connector is configured to be assembled onto the coaxial cable by moving the body portion axially relative to the outer conductor engager portion and the coupler portion, thereby urging the outer conductor engager portion radially inward toward the coaxial cable while maintaining the sealing member between the coupler portion and the body portion, the relative movement between the coupler portion and the body portion causing the breakaway body portion to be broken.
A connector for a coaxial cable, comprising:
- a coupler portion configured to engage another coaxial cable connector;
- a body portion configured to be disposed at least partially within the coupler;
- and
- an outer conductor engager portion made of a conductive material disposed within the body portion and the coupler portion,
- wherein, during a coupling of the connector to the coaxial cable:
- a connector end of the outer conductor engager portion moves axially relative to the body portion;
- the outer conductor engager portion is compressed by an interior surface of the body portion;
- and
- an interior surface of the outer conductor engager portion is compressed radially inward against an outer conductor of the coaxial cable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.