Termination assembly for mini-coaxial cable having color-coded insulator

• US 20050026497A1
• Filed: 07/26/2004
• Published: 02/03/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PPC Broadband Incorporated (Belden Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Randall A. Holliday
• Inventors: Holliday, Randall A.
• Granted Patent: US 7,241,164 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 439/578
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2103/00 Two poles
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 9/0524 Connection to outer conductor by action of a clamping member, e.g. screw fastening means H01R9/0515 takes precedence

Abstract

A termination assembly for a mini-coaxial cable wherein the connector body is conformable for use with different sized cables, the connector body can be assembled in the field with selected crimping members and centering guides of matching colors to signify the cable size to be inserted into the connector body, and each different sized cable may include a portion which is color-coded to correspond to the colors of the crimping member and guide assembled into the connector body for that size of cable.

Claims

1. In a cable connector having a hollow cylindrical body provided with a fastening member at one end for connection to an electrical device and having a first sleeve at an opposite end of said connector into which an electrical cable is insertable for connection to a selected of said devices and wherein said connector body is conformable for connection of different sized cables therein, the improvement comprising:

a centering guide having an external appearance signifying the size of said cable to be inserted, said centering guide being mounted in said connector body prior to insertion of said cable into said connector body.

2. In a cable connector according to claim 1 wherein said centering guide is in the form of a sleeve having a flange at one end thereof.

3. In a cable connector according to claim 1 wherein said centering guide is at least partially visible from one end of said connector body to signify the cable size being inserted into said connector body.

4. In a cable connector according to claim 1 wherein said connector body includes crimping member mounted at said opposite end for crimping said cable to said connector body with a leading end of said cable extending through said guide.

5. In a cable connector according to claim 4 wherein said crimping means includes a portion having an external appearance signifying the size of said cable to be inserted into said connector body.

6. In a cable connector according to claim 5 wherein a portion of said crimping means and said guide are color-coded to correspond to the cable size to be inserted into said connector body.

7. In a cable connector according to claim 6 wherein said crimping means is in the form of a ring having an inner plastic body and outer metal liner.

8. In a cable connector having a hollow cylindrical connector body provided with a fastening member at one end for connection to an electronic device and having a sleeve at an opposite end into which one of a plurality of different sized cables is insertable for connection to a selected of said devices, the improvement comprising:

said connector body including a plurality of crimping members of different sizes, each of said crimping members including a portion of a different color signifying the cable size to be connected to said connector body, a selected one of said crimping members being secured to said body prior to insertion of a selected of said cables therein; and

a plurality of centering guides of different sizes, each said guide being of a different color signifying one of a plurality of cable sizes which are connectable to said connector body and of different colors corresponding to the colors of said crimping members.

9. In a cable connector according to claim 8 wherein said plurality of cables have portions of different colors signifying different cable sizes and corresponding with the colors of said crimping members and said guides.

10. In a cable connector according to claim 9 wherein said crimping members are interchangeably connectable to said opposite end of said connector body prior to insertion of said one of said cables therein.

11. In a cable connector according to claim 10 wherein said guides are interchangeably connectable to said connector body prior to insertion of said one of said cables into said opposite end, and wherein said cable includes a pin conductor extending through said guide.

12. In a cable connector according to claim 11 wherein each of said cables includes an adapter movable into abutting relation to said centering guide when said pin conductor extends through said guide for electrical connection to a selected device.