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US 9,318,843 B2Granted
Rotatable RF connector with coupling nut
AssigneeSpinner GmbH
InventorZlatko Dovranic
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Abstract
An RF connector comprises a coupling nut for locking the connector to a mating connector and a locking ring. When tightening the coupling nut, it pushes on the locking ring, which again pushes on a protrusion of the connector, moving the connector into a mating connector. When the coupling nut is tightened, the locking ring acts as a stop to limit the movement coupling nut leaving a gap between the connector and the mating connector. Due to this gap, the connector may be rotated in a locked state.
Claims9
RF connector comprising:
- an RF connector including at least one protrusion with a first protrusion contact surface and a second protrusion contact surface, the second protrusion contact surface configured to interface to a mating connector;
- a coupling nut configured to lock the RF connector to the mating connector;
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- a locking ring that mechanically couples the coupling nut to the protrusion of the RF connector;
- where the locking ring has a hollow cylinder-shaped body with an inner protrusion at the inner side of the cylinder and an outer protrusion at the outer side of the cylinder, where:
- the inner protrusion includes a first locking ring contact surface interfacing to the first protrusion contact surface of the protrusion,
- the outer protrusion includes a second locking ring contact surface interfacing to a coupling nut contact surface of the coupling nut,
- the cylinder shaped body includes a third locking ring contact surface configured to interface to the mating connector.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.