Coaxial cable end connector with signal seal
First Claim
1. A coaxial cable end connector comprising:
- a tubular post having a first flange at a front end thereof and a cylindrical sleeve at a rear end thereof;
a tubular body supported on the front end of said post at a location adjacent to said first flange, said body defining a chamber which surrounds said cylindrical sleeve and which is adapted to engage a coaxial cable;
a port fastener rotatably supported on the front end of said post, said fastener having a second flange adapted to coact in mechanical interengagement with said first flange; and
first means associated with said first and second flanges for establishing a first non-planar interface of interengagement which acts as a signal seal in response to said first and second flanges being interengaged.
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Abstract
A coaxial cable end connector includes a tubular post having a first flange at a front end thereof and a port fastener rotatably supported on the front end of the post, the fastener having a second flange adapted to coact in mechanical interengagement with the first flange. The first and second flanges establish a non-planar interface of interengagement which acts as a signal seal in response to being interengaged. The first flange includes a surface indentation which coacts with a surface protuberance of the second flange in response to the fastener being connected to a signal port. In addition, an interference protuberance associated with the fastener coacts with an inclined surface associated with the tubular body to establish another non-planar interface of interengagement which acts as an additional signal seal. In a further embodiment, the port fastener includes a coupling nut with an internally threaded surface having an undersized thread portion proximate to the first and second flanges, such that the enlarged thread creates a locking effect and enhances the signal seal as the port fastener is threaded onto the signal port.
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21 Claims
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1. A coaxial cable end connector comprising:
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a tubular post having a first flange at a front end thereof and a cylindrical sleeve at a rear end thereof; a tubular body supported on the front end of said post at a location adjacent to said first flange, said body defining a chamber which surrounds said cylindrical sleeve and which is adapted to engage a coaxial cable; a port fastener rotatably supported on the front end of said post, said fastener having a second flange adapted to coact in mechanical interengagement with said first flange; and first means associated with said first and second flanges for establishing a first non-planar interface of interengagement which acts as a signal seal in response to said first and second flanges being interengaged. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A coaxial cable end connector comprising:
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a tubular post having a first flange at a front end thereof and a cylindrical sleeve at a rear end thereof; a tubular body supported on the front end of said post at a location adjacent to said first flange, said body defining a chamber which surrounds said cylindrical sleeve and which is adapted to engage a coaxial cable; a port fastener rotatably supported on the front end of said post, said fastener having a second flange adapted to coact in mechanical interengagement with said first flange, said fastener defining an internally threaded surface including an undersized threaded portion which creates a locking effect as said port fastener is threaded onto a signal port; and means associated with said first and second flanges for establishing a first non-planar interface of interengagement which acts as a signal seal in response to said first and second flanges being interengaged. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A coaxial cable end connector comprising:
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a tubular post having a first flange at a front end thereof and a cylindrical sleeve at a rear end thereof; a tubular body supported on the front end of said post at a location adjacent to said first flange, said body defining a chamber which surrounds said cylindrical sleeve and which is adapted to engage a coaxial cable; and a port fastener rotatably supported on the front end of said post, said fastener having a second flange adapted to coact in mechanical interengagement with said first flange, said fastener defining an internally threaded surface including an undersized threaded portion which creates a locking effect as said port fastener is threaded onto a signal port, wherein said undersized threaded portion is broached so as to create an additional interference fit with mating threads associated with said signal port. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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