High density RF connector system

The combination of a coaxial connector and a coaxial cable wherein the cable has inner and outer cable conductors and a cable insulator between them, the connector having a housing and having a contact pair comprising inner and outer contacts with front mating ends, said inner and outer contacts connected to said inner and outer cable conductors, wherein:

• said outer contact is rigid and said outer cable conductor lies around a rear portion of said outer contact, and including a crimp sleeve that is crimped around said outer cable conductor and said rear portion of said outer contact to mechanically and electrically connect said outer cable conductor to said outer contact, said outer contact having an exposed front end and said cable insulator extends within said outer contact to said outer contact front end;
• said inner cable conductor has a front end extending forward of a front end of said cable insulator, said connector inner contact having a rear end connected to said inner cable conductor front end.

The combination of a coaxial connector and a coaxial cable, wherein the coaxial cable has inner and outer cable conductors and an insulator between them and the coaxial connector has an insulative housing with a housing front wall and has inner and outer contacts that are connected to said cable conductors, wherein:

• said outer contact has a front portion lying forward of said housing front wall with at least one side of said outer contact being exposed, and said housing has at least one forwardly-projecting housing projection that projects forwardly from said housing front wall and that lies beside the front portion of the outer contact but not on said exposed side of said outer contact, said housing projection having a front end that supports said inner contact;
• said outer contact front portion has laterally opposite sides that are both exposed, and said housing projection has projection portions lying on longitudinally opposite sides of said outer contact, said projection portions having front ends that merge.

The combination of a coaxial connector and a coaxial cable, wherein the coaxial cable has inner and outer cable conductors and an insulator between them and the coaxial connector has an insulative housing with a housing front wall and has inner and outer contacts that are connected to said cable conductors, wherein:

• said outer contact has a front portion lying forward of said housing front wall with at least one side of said outer contact being exposed, and said housing has at least one forwardly-projecting housing projection that projects forwardly from said housing front wall and that lies beside the front portion of the outer contact but not on said exposed side of said outer contact, said housing projection having a front end that supports said inner contact;
• said connector inner contact has a rear end with a hole that receives a front end of said cable center conductor.