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Modular connector assembly for coaxial cables

  • US 5,651,699 A
  • Filed: 05/31/1995
  • Issued: 07/29/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/21/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A terminal connector assembly for connecting an end of a coaxial cable to a terminal wherein said cable has radially inner and outer conductors separated by an annular dielectric, a tubular jacket encasing said outer conductor and a portion of said outer conductor being exposed at the end of said cable, said assembly comprising:

  • (a) an end connector having radially inner and outer spaced coaxial sleeves, said inner sleeve being sized for insertion of said inner conductor and said annular dielectric therein, said outer sleeve being sized for insertion of said conductor and said jacket through one end of said connector between said inner and outer sleeves;

    (b) at least one rib extending circumferentially around an inner wall surface portion adjacent to the one end of said outer sleeve, said rib engaging an external surface of said jacket when said outer sleeve is deformed radially inwardly until said rib effects sealed engagement with said jacket;

    (c) a terminal connector having a hollow generally cylindrical portion, an adaptor at one end of said cylindrical portion, a conductor member extending concentrically within said cylindrical portion and adaptor including contact portions at opposite ends thereof; and

    (d) said outer sleeve including a complementary connecting end portion to said adaptor connecting end portion for positively connecting said outer sleeve to said adaptor, said inner conductor electrically connected to one of said contact portions when said outer sleeve is positively connected to said adaptor.

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