Locking precision male BNC connector with latch mechanism allowing cable rotation
US6808407B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 22, 2003 |
| Grant date | Oct 26, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 26, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R2201/20
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A precision locking BNC male connector mates without requiring twisting of the cable or multiple bends to accommodate the rotation of the BNC latch. The shell portion of the male connector that carries the adapter connector or cable clamp on one end and that is the male cylindrical shield at the other end, is free to rotate whenever the precision locking BNC male connector is not locked, whether or not it is mated with a female connector. A knurled sleeve is captive at a location along the male shell, but is free to rotate. The knurled sleeve has internal threads that engage external threads on a portion of the BNC latch. A radial friction device is in contact with both an-external surface of the BNC latch and the internal surface of the knurled sleeve. When not engaged with the bayonet pins of a female connector, rotating the knurled sleeve will rotate the BNC latch also, by virtue of the friction device, but both will, as a unit, rotate freely relative to the shell. Once the bayonet pins engage the spiral portion of the slot in the BNC latch, the friction between the sleeve and the latch is sufficient to rotate the latch all the way into the detent. At that point the latch can tu…
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