Coaxial connector inner contact arrangement
AssigneeCommScope, Inc. of North Carolina
InventorsJeffrey Paynter, James Wlos
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Abstract
An inner contact arrangement for a coaxial cable connector. The inner contact supported coaxially within a connector bore of the connector by a support insulator. A plurality of tines extending from a central portion of the inner contact, the tines may be angled outward from a longitudinal axis of the inner contact and or provided with a shoulder. A bias insulator with a ramp bore, the bias insulator retained within the connector bore and contacting the cable end of the tines.
Claims19
An inner contact arrangement for a coaxial cable connector, comprising:
- an inner contact supported coaxially within a connector bore of the connector by a support insulator;
- a plurality of tines extending from a central portion of the inner contact, a cable end of the tines angled outward from a longitudinal axis of the inner contact;
- a bias insulator with a ramp bore, the bias insulator retained within the connector bore;
- the cable end of the tines contacting the ramp bore.
An inner contact arrangement for a coaxial cable connector, comprising:
- an inner contact supported coaxially within a connector bore of the connector by a support insulator;
- a plurality of tines extending from a central portion of the inner contact;
- a shoulder on an inner surface of the tine(s), the shoulder spaced away from a cable end of the tines by a guide surface;
- a bias insulator with a ramp bore, the bias insulator retained within the connector bore;
- the cable end of the tine(s) contacting the ramp bore.
An inner contact arrangement for a coaxial cable connector, comprising:
- an inner contact supported coaxially within a connector bore of the connector by a support insulator;
- a plurality of tines extending from a central portion of the inner contact;
- a shoulder on an inner surface of the tine(s), the shoulder located within a middle third of a longitudinal length of the tine(s);
- the tine(s) angled outward between the shoulder and a cable end of the tine(s);
- a bias insulator with a ramp bore;
- the bias insulator retained stationary within the connector bore;
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- the cable end of the tine(s) swaged inward by the ramp bore.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.