End connector and crimping tool for coaxial cable
First Claim
1. A fitting for connecting a cable having an electrically conductive member to a second electrically conductive member, said fitting comprising:
- a connector body;
a thin-walled outer sleeve member extending from one end of the connector body, said sleeve member sized for insertion of an end of said cable therethrough; and
a crimping member having a tapered annular portion extending from a first diameter at least as great as a diameter of said outer sleeve member to a second diameter less than the diameter of said outer sleeve member, wherein axial movement of said crimping member along an outer surface of said outer sleeve member causes said tapered annular portion to impart inward radial deformation to said outer sleeve member into sealed engagement with an external surface of said cable.
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Abstract
A fitting for connecting a coaxial cable to a terminal or to another coaxial cable is made up of a connector body, an outer sleeve extending from one end of the connector body for insertion of an end of the cable, and a crimping member is loosely connected to the outer sleeve and has a tapered annular portion which in response to engagement by a compression tool will undergo axial movement with respect to the outer sleeve member and impart inward radial deformation to the outer sleeve member into sealed engagement with an external surface of the cable. In a modified form for splicing two cables together, the connector body is provided with outer sleeve members at opposite ends into which the ends of the coaxial cables are inserted and crimping members for crimping both of the sleeve members into sealed engagement with each of the respective cables.
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23 Claims
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1. A fitting for connecting a cable having an electrically conductive member to a second electrically conductive member, said fitting comprising:
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a connector body; a thin-walled outer sleeve member extending from one end of the connector body, said sleeve member sized for insertion of an end of said cable therethrough; and a crimping member having a tapered annular portion extending from a first diameter at least as great as a diameter of said outer sleeve member to a second diameter less than the diameter of said outer sleeve member, wherein axial movement of said crimping member along an outer surface of said outer sleeve member causes said tapered annular portion to impart inward radial deformation to said outer sleeve member into sealed engagement with an external surface of said cable. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A fitting for electrically and mechanically connecting a coaxial cable having an electrically conductive member to a second electrically conductive member, said fitting comprising:
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a connector body; a thin-walled outer sleeve member of substantially uniform thickness extending from one end of the connector body, said sleeve member sized for insertion of an end of said cable therein; and a crimping member including a main body portion of limited compressibility and an outer thin-walled reinforcing band, said main body portion having a tapered annular portion extending from a first diameter greater than a diameter of said outer sleeve member to a second diameter less than the diameter of said outer sleeve member, and wherein axial movement of said crimping member along an outer surface of said outer sleeve member causes said main body portion to impart inward radial deformation to said outer sleeve member into sealed engagement with an external surface of said cable. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. In a fitting for connecting a coaxial cable having inner and outer electrically conductive portions to another electrically conductive portion and wherein said fitting is provided with a connector body having inner and outer concentric sleeve members at one end for insertion of said spaced electrically conductive portions, the improvement comprising:
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a crimping member including a main body portion of limited compressibility and an outer reinforcing band, said main body portion having a tapered annular portion extending from a first diameter at least as great as the diameter of said outer sleeve member to a second diameter less than the diameter of said outer sleeve member, and an internal rib at one end of said crimping member engageable with a first external groove at one end of said outer sleeve member and movable into engagement with a second external groove on said outer sleeve member in response to axial movement of said crimping member along an outer surface of said outer sleeve member; and means for axially advancing said crimping member with respect to said outer sleeve. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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