Sealed coaxial cable connector
AssigneeRaychem Corporation
InventorsGerald Shimirak, Anthony Vranicar
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Abstract
A sealed F-connector, with a threaded section and a recessed section adjacent the threaded section, has a ring-shaped elastomeric sealing member formed within the recessed section and affixed to the surface of the recessed section. When a connector shell from a mating connector is screwed on, the sealing member deforms as the connector shell screws on over the sealing member, thereby lining at least a portion of the internal thread of the connector shell and at least a portion of the recessed section of the F-connector. The deformed sealing member thereby establishes a barrier to the penetration of moisture between the F-connector and the mating connector.
Claims10
An electrical connector configured and dimensioned to accept in threaded engagement a mating connector, the mating connector having an internally threaded rotatable connector shell, the electrical connector comprising:
- a. an elongate, hollow barrel comprising:
- (1) an first external threaded section adjacent a first end of the barrel;
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- (2) an first external recessed section adjacent the first threaded section;
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- b. a first ring-shaped sealing member seated within and axially affixed to the first external recessed section of the barrel, the first sealing member deformable into a configuration lining at least a portion of the internal thread of the connector shell and at least a portion of the first recessed section of the electrical connector, to thereby establish a barrier to the penetration of moisture between the electrical connector and the mating connector, wherein the first external threaded section comprises threads having a major diameter, D.sub.MA, and a minor diameter, D.sub.MI ;
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- the first sealing member has a leading edge which faces the threaded section, and which has a diameter, D.sub.SL, wherein D.sub.SL is less than D.sub.MI.
An electrical connector configured and dimensioned to accept in threaded engagement a mating connector, the mating connector having an internally threaded rotatable connector shell, the electrical connector comprising:
- a. an elongate, hollow barrel comprising:
- (1) an first external threaded section adjacent a first end of the barrel;
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- (2) an first external recessed section adjacent the first threaded section;
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- b. a first ring-shaped sealing member seated within and axially affixed to the first external recessed section of the barrel, wherein the first ring-shaped sealing member in an unstressed state has a substantially concave arcuate cross-section and an opposing planar portion that is positioned in the recessed first external section and is deformable into a configuration lining at least a portion of the internal thread of the connector shell and at least a portion of the first recessed section of the electrical connector, to thereby establish a barrier to the penetration of moisture between the electrical connector and the mating connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.