Adapter tips for cable connectors
AssigneeBelden Inc.
InventorRandall A. Holliday
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Abstract
A hand-held tool for terminating connectors onto a coaxial cable has an elongated body and an end stop and plunger on the body, the plunger being controlled by a lever arm which will axially advance the plunger toward and away from the end stop to radially compress a portion of the connector into firm crimping engagement with the end of the coaxial cable. To accommodate different lengths of connectors, a plunger permits mounting of different length adapter tips to vary the axial spacing between the adapter tips and the end stop according to the length of connector being terminated.
Claims6
An adapter tip for a compression tool of the type having a force-applying means to axially advance a plunger in order to radially compress a connector into engagement with a coaxial cable end, said adapter tip comprising:
- a rearward portion movable into seating engagement with an end of said plunger and provided with an enlarged end configured to engage the tool, and
- a forward portion having a reduced outer diameter relative to the rearward portion and provided with a central bore and an upward facing slot, the forward portion configured to engage the connector and enable radial compression of the connector into engagement with the coaxial cable end.
An adapter tip for a compression tool of the type having a force-applying means to axially advance a plunger in order to radially compress a connector into engagement with a coaxial cable end, said adapter tip comprising:
- a rearward portion movable into seating engagement with an end of said plunger and provided with an enlarged end configured to engage the tool, and
- a forward portion having a reduced outer diameter relative to the rearward portion and provided with a central bore and an upward facing slot, the forward portion configured to engage the connector and enable radial compression of the connector into engagement with the coaxial cable end;
- wherein the slot is channel-shaped and extends axially through said forward portion and partially into said rearward portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.