Mini coax cable connector
AssigneePpc Broadband, Inc.
InventorsRandall A. Holliday, Jimmy Yao
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Abstract
A cable connector comprising a connector body, a compression member operably connected to a second end of the connector body, the compression member including a compression portion having a forward facing surface, wherein the compression portion protrudes from an inner surface of the compression member, wherein, when the compression member is slidably axially compressed within the connector body, the compression portion of the compression member compresses an inner sleeve into crimping engagement with a coaxial cable is provided. An associated method is also provided.
Claims26
A connector comprising:
- a conductive connector body having a main bore defining an aperture at an aft end;
- a tip assembly having an outer rod centered within the main bore, a conductive inner tip extending axially relative to the outer rod, and a centering member disposed in the main bore between the aft and a forward end, the centering member having a conical surface configured to receive the conductive inner tip;
- wherein a coaxial cable is received in the aperture of the conductive connector body and the inner conductor thereof effects translation of the conductive inner tip for engaging a signal transmitting interface port.
A connector comprising:
- a conductive connector body defining a main bore having an aperture for receiving a coaxial cable at a first end;
- a compression member slideably engaging the connector body;
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- a conductive sleeve disposed in the main bore and mounted to the connector, the conductive sleeve having a plurality of circumferentially-spaced slots defining a plurality of axially extending compression segments directed toward the first end;
- wherein, subsequent to receiving the coaxial cable at the first end, the compression member urges the compression segments into crimping engagement with the outer conductor of the coaxial cable.
A connector comprising:
- a conductive connector body having a first end, a second end, and a main bore defining an aperture for receiving a coaxial cable at the first end, the connector body having a plurality of axially extending segments at the second end;
- a centering member disposed in the main bore between the first and second ends and having an orifice;
- a compression member slideably engaging the connector body;
- a conductive sleeve disposed in the main bore and mounted to the connector, the conductive sleeve having a plurality of circumferentially-spaced slots defining a plurality of axially extending compression segments;
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- a tip assembly configured to receive an inner conductor of the coaxial cable and having an inner conductor supported by the centering member;
- wherein the inner conductor is displaced by axial motion of the coaxial cable through the orifice and into engagement with the signal-transmitting interface;
- wherein, subsequent to receiving the coaxial cable at the first end, the compression member urges the compression segments into crimping engagement with the outer conductor of the coaxial cable, and
- wherein the plurality of axially extending segments are configured to frictionally mate with and engage a peripheral surface of a signal-transmitting interface port,
The connector of claim 20 wherein the conductive sleeve comprises an annular ring affixed to an inner surface of the conductive connector body and the axially extending segments are integrally formed with the annular ring.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.