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Coaxial cable connector

US5011432A · kind A · utility

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21Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 28, 1990
Grant dateApr 30, 1991
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Expiry dateAug 28, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R9/05
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A coaxial cable connector is provided for installation and use with a prepared end of a coaxial cable. The connector comprises a body and nut threadably tightenable to the body. The body includes a center pin chuck for engaging the center conductor of the cable when the nut assembly is tightened to the body. The nut defines an interior space including a mandrel assembly which is freely rotatable within the interior space until the nut is tightened to the body. The mandrel assembly includes an insulator cone for guiding the center conductor; it includes a clampling arrangement for engaging and clamping the center pin chuck as the nut is tightened to the body. The assembly further includes a mandrel which is slideably mounted under the cable outer metal jacket in a space provided after removal of a portion of the dielectric core incident to preparation of the cable end. A ferrule is slidably mounted over the outer jacket and the ferrule includes collet fingers disposed over a portion of the mandrel. The mandrel includes a ferrule collet closure for closing the collet fingers of the ferrule to cause them to compress the outer metal jacket against the portion of the mandrel as the nut …

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