US 5,181,861 AGranted

Manually installable coaxial cable connector

AssigneeLRC Electronics, Inc.

InventorsJoseph C. Gaver, Jr., James C. Jorgenson

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Abstract

A manually installable coaxial cable connector comprises a housing sleeve, a connector body, a locking ring, and a center post which co-act to permit installation of the connector on both coaxial cable and an interface port, without the use of any installation tool. Cable outer jacket retention is ensured for a wide range of braided shield percentage cables by a plurality of serrations on fingers of the connector body. A stepped feature of an annular collar on the connector body ensures metal-to-metal contact and good retention between the connector body collar and an interface port. Installation of the connector onto a properly prepared piece of coaxial cable is achieved by simply pushing the connector onto the cable, removing a protective cap and manually sliding the housing sleeve until the locking ring locks into place. The connector is slipped onto an interface port whereupon the housing sleeve is manually pushed forward to lock the connector onto the interface port. The connector is removed from the interface port by simply pulling the housing sleeve backward and slipping the connector off of the interface port.

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Dependent claims

A cable connector for mating a cable to an interface port, wherein said cable includes a conductor, an interior insulation, a shield and an insulating jacket and said interface port includes a conductive receptacle and an outer sheath, said cable connector comprising:

a housing having a cable insert end and an interface end;
a connector body dimensioned to fit substantially within said housing, said connector body comprising a collar end, a resilient fingered end and an intermediate portion therebetween;
a center post having a conforming portion with an outer dimension sized for conforming engagement with said intermediate portion of said connector body and a tubular portion dimensioned to receive said interior insulation and to electrically engage said shield of said cable;
and
a locking member having an inner dimension to snugly, slidably engage said resilient fingered end of said connector body and an outer dimension slidably engagable with a portion of said housing,
wherein said cable is manually installable within said connector by actuating said housing in a first direction such that said resilient fingered end engages said insulating jacket and said connector is manually installable on said interface port by actuating said housing in a second direction to facilitate frictional engagement of said collar end of said connector body and said outer sheath of said interface port.

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