Securement means for coaxial cable connector

In a connector for securing the end of a coaxial cable to a selected device, which connector includes:

• a body, and
• connection means for attachment to said device,
• and which cable includes:
• a center conductor,
• an outer conductor coaxial with said center conductor,
• a dielectric disposed between said conductors, and
• a sheath of compliant material encasing said outer conductor and having a pre-determined outside diameter,
• improvements therein whereby said connector is alternately securable to said cable and to at least a second cable having a predetermined outside diameter different from the outside diameter of the first said cable, said improvements comprising:
• a) an elongate inner tubular member projecting from said body and receivable between said dielectric and said outer conductor;
• and
• b) an elongate deformable outer tubular member projecting from said body substantially coaxial with said inner tubular member and including:
• a bore for alternately receiving either said cable therein,
• an internal surface having a substantially uniform diameter,
• an external surface substantially coaxial with said bore and uniformly arcuate along its length,
• said internal surface and said external surface defining a sidewall having a pair of spaced apart ends and a medial portion having a thickness greater than the thickness of either said end,
• whereby the outer conductor and the jacket of either said cable is gripped between said inner tubular member and said outer tubular member in response to a pre-determined inward deformation of the sidewall of said outer tubular member.