Coaxial connector with visible post
AssigneeCommScope, Inc. of North Carolina
InventorRobert E. Darrow
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Abstract
A coaxial cable connector includes a shell having an inner side wall defining a bore and an end opening at a first end of the shell, and a post is slidably mounted in the bore. The post includes a base engaging the shell inner side wall and a tube projecting from the base, the tube having an interior and an end aperture, and at least one of the post and the shell has a first detent for releasably holding the post in a first position in the bore and a second detent for securing the post at a second position in the bore.
Claims19
A coaxial cable connector comprising:
- a body having a first end opening and a second end opening and an inner side wall defining a bore between the first end opening and the second end opening;
- a nut mounted to the body proximate the second end opening of the body, wherein the nut allows the coaxial cable connector to connect to another connector;
- a sleeve having a first end opening at a first end of the sleeve and a second end opening at a second end of the sleeve, wherein the second end opening of the sleeve is mounted to the body proximate the first end opening of the body;
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- a post slidably mounted in the bore, the post including a base engaging the body inner side wall and a tube projecting from the base toward the first end opening of the sleeve, the tube having an interior and an end aperture, at least one of the post and the body having a first detent for holding the post in a first position in the bore and at least one of the post and the body having a second detent for holding the post at a second position in the bore, wherein the base of the post is closer to the nut in the second position as compared to the first position.
A coaxial cable connector comprising:
- post means for receiving a central conductor of a coaxial cable and for extending between an outer conductor of the coaxial cable and a cable jacket;
- shell means for slidably supporting the post means, the shell means having an inner side wall defining a bore and a first end opening at a first end of the shell means and a second end opening at a second end of the shell means;
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- a nut means mounted to the second end of the shell means, wherein the nut means allows the coaxial cable connector to connect to another connector, wherein the shell means allows the post means to slide from a first position to a second position within the bore, with the post means being closer to the nut means in the second position as compared to the first position.
A coaxial cable connector comprising:
- a shell having an inner side wall defining a bore and a first end opening at a first end of the shell and a second end opening at a second end of the shell;
- a post slidably mounted in the bore, the post including a base having a diameter and engaging the shell inner side wall and a tube projecting from the base, the tube having an interior and an end aperture;
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- a nut mounted to the second end of the shell, wherein the nut allows the coaxial cable connector to connect to another connector, and wherein the post does not extend into the nut;
- wherein at least one of the post and the shell has a first detent for holding the post in a first position in the bore and at least one of the post and the shell has a second detent for holding the post at a second position in the bore, wherein the base of the post is closer to the nut in the second position as compared to the first position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.