ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH GROUNDING MEMBER

• US 20140148051A1
• Filed: 01/28/2014
• Published: 05/29/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PPC Broadband Incorporated (Belden Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Corning Gilbert Incorporated (Corning Incorporated)
• Inventors: Bence, Bruce D., Burris, Donald A., Kisling, Brian L., Kooiman, John A., Lutz, William B., Miller, Thomas D., Chuan, Lee Yung, Mcdade, William F.
• Granted Patent: US 10,756,455 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 439/583
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/5202 Sealing means between parts of housing or between housing part and a wall, e.g. sealing rings
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/5216 characterised by the sealing material, e.g. gels or resins
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2103/00 Two poles
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/44 comprising impedance matching means
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 43/20 for assembling or disassembling contact members with insulating base, case or sleeve
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 9/05 for coaxial cables

Abstract

A coaxial cable connector for coupling a coaxial cable to an equipment port, the coaxial cable including a center conductor surrounded by a dielectric material, the dielectric material being surrounded by an outer conductor, the coaxial cable connector including: a post including a first end adapted to be inserted into a prepared end of the coaxial cable between the dielectric material and the outer conductor, wherein the post includes a second end including an enlarged shoulder, wherein the enlarged shoulder has a radial face that faces away from the first end of the post, wherein the radial face is substantially flat; a body member adjacent to the post; a coupler including an internally-threaded region for engaging the equipment port; and a grounding member contacting the post and the coupler, wherein the grounding member provides an electrically-conductive grounding path through the post and the coupler while allowing the coupler to rotate, wherein the grounding member includes at least one resilient portion.

Claims

1. A coaxial cable connector for coupling a coaxial cable to an equipment port, the coaxial cable including a center conductor surrounded by a dielectric material, the dielectric material being surrounded by an outer conductor, the coaxial cable connector comprising:

a post including a first end adapted to be inserted into a prepared end of the coaxial cable between the dielectric material and the outer conductor, wherein the post includes a second end including an enlarged shoulder, wherein the enlarged shoulder has a radial face that faces away from the first end of the post, wherein the radial face is substantially flat;

a body member adjacent to the post;

a coupler including an internally-threaded region for engaging the equipment port; and

a grounding member contacting the post and the coupler, wherein the grounding member provides an electrically-conductive grounding path through the post and the coupler while allowing the coupler to rotate, wherein the grounding member includes at least one resilient portion.

2. The coaxial cable connector of claim 1, wherein the at least one resilient portion of the grounding member contacts the coupler.

3. The coaxial cable connector of claim 1, wherein the grounding member comprises a plurality of resilient portions.

4. The coaxial cable connector of claim 1, wherein the grounding member is formed from a metal.

5. The coaxial cable connector of claim 1, wherein the body member is formed from a plastic.