Switchable or automatically terminating connecting device and combination thereof

An F-port connector for automatically terminating signals in distribution equipment which comprises:

• a cylindrical outer ground conductor, having a rotatable portion, for attachment to a housing of the distribution equipment which has a pcb attached thereto, a conductor of a coaxial cable being connectable to said outer ground conductor;
• a cylindrical insulator inserted in said outer conductor;
• an inner resilient RF signal conductor member contained in said insulator and connectable to an RF signal electrical circuit when a portion thereof is in contact with the pcb, a coaxial cable being connectable to said inner RF signal resilient conductor member;
• and means for terminating signals included in said resilient inner conductor operatively associated with said resilient conductor member and said pcb whereby an electrical circuit is selectively opened and closed when said inner resilient conductor member has contact with the pcb,
• wherein the inner resilient RF signal conductor member comprises:
• an electropin having an inlet end comprising a pair of push pieces between which the internal RF signal conductor of the coaxial cable is connectable and retainable, an actuator pin portion which extends from the pair of push pieces to contact the pcb, and a resistor;
• and
• wherein the signals are automatically terminated when said actuator pin is not in contact with said resistor.

An F-port connector for automatically terminating signals for use in CATV distribution equipment which includes means for making electrical connections between first RF electrical signal providing means and first RF electrical signal receiving means to provide CATV services, and alternatively between second RF electrical signal and power providing means and second RF electrical signal and power receiving means to provide telephone services, and combinations thereof, said connector containing an inner RF signal resilient conductor member connectable to an RF signal electrical circuit when contacting a pcb contained in the housing;

• signal terminating means comprising a resistor operatively associated with the inner RF signal resilient conductor member and the pcb for selectively opening or closing an electrical connection between either the said first means or the said second means and the said combinations thereof when the inner RF signal resilient conductor member contacts the pcb,
• wherein the inner RF signal resilient conductor member comprises:
• at least one electropin having an inlet end comprising a pair of push pieces between which the internal RF signal conductor of the coaxial cable is connectable and retainable, an actuator pin portion which extends from the pair of push pieces to contact the pcb, and the resistor;
• and
• wherein the signals are automatically terminated when said actuator pin is not in contact with said resistor.