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US 2017/0324196 A1Published application
Connector Having A Continuity Portion Operable In A Radial Direction
AssigneePpc Broadband, Inc.
InventorsEric PURDY, Noah P. MONTENA, Jeremy AMIDON
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Abstract
A connector for a coaxial cable. The connector, in one embodiment, includes a post, a coupler and a continuity member configured to produce a radially-directed biasing force. The continuity member provides an electrical connection between the post and the coupler.
Claims10
A connector comprising:
- a post portion having an outer surface;
- a coupler portion having an inner surface, the coupler portion being configured to receive at least part of the post portion so that there is a space between the inner surface of the coupler portion and the outer surface of the post portion;
- and
- an electrical continuity portion configured to be positioned within the space such that a continuous length of the electrical continuity portion is curved about a periphery of the post portion, the curved continuous length of the electrical continuity portion including:
- (a) a first portion configured to be engaged with the post portion while being disengaged from the coupler portion;
- and
- (b) a second portion configured to be disengaged from the post portion while being engaged with the coupler portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.