Friction weld coaxial connector
AssigneeAndrew Corporation
InventorKendrick Van Swearingen
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Abstract
A coaxial connector for interconnection with a coaxial cable with a solid outer conductor by friction welding is provided with a monolithic connector body with a bore. A sidewall of the bore is provided with an inward annular projection angled toward a cable end of the bore. A sidewall of the inward annular projection and the sidewall of the bore form an annular friction groove open to a cable end of the bore. The annular friction groove is dimensioned with a taper at a connector end of the friction groove less than a thickness of a leading end of the outer conductor. The taper provides an annular material chamber between the leading end of the outer conductor, when seated in the friction groove, and the connector end of the friction groove.
Claims11
A coaxial connector for interconnection with a coaxial cable with a solid outer conductor, comprising:
- a monolithic connector body with a bore with an inner diameter proximate an outer diameter of the outer conductor;
- a sidewall of the bore provided with an inward annular shoulder angled toward a cable end of the bore;
- a sidewall of the inward annular shoulder and the sidewall of the bore forming an annular friction groove open to a the cable end of the bore;
- the annular friction groove dimensioned with a taper at a connector end of the friction groove less than a thickness of a leading end of the outer conductor;
- the taper providing an annular material chamber between the leading end of the outer conductor, when seated in the friction groove, and the connector end of the friction groove.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.