Coaxial connector having a grounding member
AssigneePpc Broadband, Inc.
InventorHarold John WATKINS
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Abstract
A cable connector includes an outer conductor engager portion configured to receive an end of a coaxial cable, a coupler portion connected with the outer conductor engager portion, and a radially compressible grounding portion at a forward end of the outer conductor engager portion. The radially compressible grounding portion is configured to be radially compressed when the coupler portion is coupled with an interface port and to establish an electrical grounding path between the outer conductor engager portion and the interface port, even when the coupler portion is only loosely coupled with the interface port.
Claims1
A cable connector, comprising
- an outer conductor engager portion configured to receive an end of a coaxial cable;
- a coupler portion connected with the outer conductor engager portion;
- and
- a radially compressible grounding portion at a forward end of the outer conductor engager portion,
- wherein the radially compressible grounding portion is configured to be radially compressed when the coupler portion is coupled with an interface port and to establish an electrical grounding path between the outer conductor engager portion and the interface port, even when the coupler portion is only loosely coupled with the interface port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.