Connecting mechanism of central conductors of a coaxial cable and a probe

A connecting device for establishing electrical contact between an end portion of a central conductor of a coaxial cable and a conducting element of a probe which is fixedly positioned within a surrounding probe casing having an open end, said connecting device comprising a cylindrical fitting fixed to an end portion of a coaxial cable having an axially extending opening defined by a cylindrical side wall for surrounding the end portion of a coaxial cable located therein and spaced from said cylindrical side wall;

• a cylindrically shaped elastic member fitted tightly within said cylindrical opening of said fitting having a first cylindrical coaxial recess at a first end thereof to receive the end portion of the coaxial cable and a second coaxial recess at a second end of the elastic member communicating with the first recess to receive the end portion of the central conductor of the coaxial cable;
• an electrically conductive pin-shaped member forcibly inserted and engaged within said second cavity of said elastic member and in contact with said central conductor of said coaxial cable, and having a flanged end portions adjacent the second end of the elastic member for contacting a probe conducting element fixedly positioned in an open-ended surrounding casing.