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Coaxial cable connector assembly and method for making

  • US 4,761,146 A
  • Filed: 04/22/1987
  • Issued: 08/02/1988
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/22/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A connector assembly for terminating a coaxial cable having a central conductor, an annular inner insulation layer in coaxial surrounding engagement with the central conductor, an annular conducting shield in coaxial surrounding engagement with the inner insulation layer, and an outer insulation jacket coaxially surrounding the conducting shield, said connector assembly comprising a female connector having an outwardly open cylindrical connector bore for receiving an end portion of the cable and electrical contact means disposed within and centrally of said connector bore for engagement with the central conductor, and a male connector assembly including a radially expandable shield connector having a cylindrical sleeve portion, means for attaching the shield connector in fixed position to the end portion of the coaxial cable with said sleeve portion in coaxial surrounding engagement with the inner insulation layer between the inner insulation layer and said conducting shield and in electrically conducting engagement with the conducting shield and including a thread on the interior of said sleeve portion for threadable engagement with the inner insulation layer, thrust means for radially expanding said shield connector within said connector bore in response to force applied in an axial direction to said thrust means to establish electrical continuity between said conducting shield and said female connector, resilient deformable annular sealing means for positioning in coaxial surrounding engagement with the cable within said connector bore, said sealing means being radially expandable into sealing engagement with the cable and said connector bore in response to force applied in an axial direction to said sealing means, and means for applying force in said axial direction to said sealing means and said thrust means and urging the central conductor into engagement with said contact means.

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