COAXIAL CABLE CONNECTOR AND THREADED CONNECTOR

• US 20150180141A1
• Filed: 06/30/2014
• Published: 06/25/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: EZconn Corporation
• Original Assignee: EZconn Corporation
• Inventors: Wei, Kai-Chih
• Granted Patent: US 9,306,324 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/622 Screw-ring or screw-casing H01R13/623 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 4/48 utilising a spring, clip, or other resilient member H01R4/52 takes precedence
• 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

An coaxial cable connector is configured to engage with an outer thread of a threaded connector. The coaxial cable connector comprises an inner sleeve, an outer sleeve arranged around the inner sleeve and a nut arranged around the inner sleeve. The nut comprises a metal sheet integral with an inner flange of the nut, wherein the metal sheet is between the inner flange and a cylindrical surface of the inner sleeve. The metal sheet has a fixed side, close to an outer flange of the inner sleeve, fixed to the inner flange of the nut, and a free side, away from the outer flange of the inner sleeve, abutting against the cylindrical surface of the inner sleeve. An empty gap is between the metal sheet and the inner flange. When the nut comprises an inner thread engaging with the outer thread, the outer flange is configured to be between the inner flange and the threaded connector.

Claims

1. A coaxial cable connector comprising:

an inner sleeve comprising a metal sheet integral with a main body of said inner sleeve; and

a nut arranged to be rotatable around said inner sleeve, wherein said inner sleeve comprises an outer flange fitting with an inner flange of said nut to restrict said nut from moving in an axial direction around said inner sleeve, wherein said metal sheet is between said outer flange and said inner flange and contacts said inner flange, wherein a first empty gap is in said inner sleeve and between said metal sheet and said outer flange.

2. The coaxial cable connector of claim 1, wherein a second empty gap is in said inner sleeve and at a side of said metal sheet away from said outer flange.

3. The coaxial cable connector of claim 1, wherein said metal sheet extends in a first plane at an angle, ranging from 10 degrees to 40 degrees, to a second plane normal to an axis of said inner sleeve.

4. The coaxial cable connector of claim 1, wherein a wall between a bottom of said first empty gap and an annular surface of a hole extending through said inner sleeve in an axial direction of said inner sleeve has a minimum thickness ranging from 0.1 mm to 3 mm.

5. The coaxial cable connector of claim 1, wherein said metal sheet has a thickness between 0.1 mm and 3 mm.

6. The coaxial cable connector of claim 1 further comprising an outer sleeve arranged around said inner sleeve, wherein said inner flange is between said outer flange and said outer sleeve.

7. The coaxial cable connector of claim 1, wherein said metal sheet comprises copper.

8. A coaxial cable connector comprising:

an inner sleeve comprising a metal sheet integral with a main body of said inner sleeve, wherein said metal sheet has a bottom joining said main body, and an empty gap is between said metal sheet and said main body; and

a nut arranged to be rotatable around said inner sleeve, wherein said inner sleeve comprises an outer flange fitting with an inner flange of said nut to restrict said nut from moving in an axial direction around said inner sleeve, wherein said inner sleeve pass through a first end of a first hole in said nut and at said inner flange, wherein said metal sheet is in said first hole and inclines from said bottom of said metal sheet to a second end of said first hole opposite to said first end of said first hole.

9. The coaxial cable connector of claim 8, wherein said metal sheet extend in a first plane at an angle, ranging from 20 degrees to 60 degrees, to a second plane normal to an axis of said inner sleeve.

10. The coaxial cable connector of claim 8, wherein said gap has a bottom extending in a longitudinal direction, wherein cut by a plane having an axis of said inner sleeve extending thereon and being normal to said longitudinal direction, said empty gap has a first spacing distance between an arcuate outer periphery of said metal sheet and an arcuate outer periphery of said outer flange is greater than a second spacing distance of said empty gap between an arcuate inner periphery of said metal sheet and an arcuate inner periphery of a second hole in said inner sleeve.

11. The coaxial cable connector of claim 8, wherein said metal sheet has a thickness between 0.1 mm and 3 mm.

12. The coaxial cable connector of claim 8 further comprising an outer sleeve arranged around said inner sleeve, wherein said inner flange is between said outer flange and said outer sleeve.

13. The coaxial cable connector of claim 8, wherein said metal sheet comprises copper.

14. A coaxial cable connector comprising:

an inner sleeve; and

a nut arranged to be rotatable around said inner sleeve, wherein said inner sleeve comprises an outer flange fitting with an inner flange of said nut to restrict said nut from moving in an axial direction around said inner sleeve, wherein said nut comprises a metal sheet integral with said inner flange, wherein said metal sheet is between said inner flange and a cylindrical surface of said inner sleeve, wherein said metal sheet joins said inner flange and abuts against said cylindrical surface, wherein an empty gap is between said metal sheet and said inner flange.

15. The coaxial cable connector of claim 14, wherein said metal sheet comprises a bend abutting against said cylindrical surface with an angle, ranging from 30 degrees to 90 degrees, between said bend and a plane normal to an axis of said nut.

16. The coaxial cable connector of claim 14, wherein said metal sheet comprises a ring portion protruding inwards from said inner flange in radial directions normal to an axis of said nut.

17. The coaxial cable connector of claim 16, wherein said metal sheet comprises a bend integral with said ring portion, wherein said bend has a fixed end fixed to said ring portion and a free end abutting against said cylindrical surface.

18. The coaxial cable connector of claim 14, wherein said metal sheet has a thickness between 0.1 mm and 3 mm.

19. The coaxial cable connector of claim 14 further comprising an outer sleeve arranged around said inner sleeve, wherein said inner flange is between said outer flange and said outer sleeve.

20. The coaxial cable connector of claim 14, wherein said metal sheet comprises copper.