Coaxial connector

• US 6,634,906 B1
• Filed: 04/01/2002
• Issued: 10/21/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Min Hwa Yeh
• Original Assignee: Min Hwa Yeh
• Inventors: Yeh, Min Hwa
• Primary Examiner(s): Paumen, Gary
• Application Number:
  US10/114,016
• Publication Number:
  US 20030186583A1
• Time in Patent Office: 568 Days
• Field of Search: 439/578-585
• US Class Current: 439/585
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/5205 Sealing means between cable and housing, e.g. grommet H01R13/5221 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 9/0518 Connection to outer conductor by crimping or by crimping ferrule

Abstract

A coaxial connector including a connector main body disposed with a front end extending portion and a rear end extending portion for receiving a free end of a coaxial cable. The inner portion of the rear end extending portion is disposed with a ring sleeve. The ring sleeve has a small diameter portion and a big portion jointed with the end portion of the small diameter portion. The small diameter portion and the rear end extending portion are concentrically circled around each other with a ring hollow in the center. A tool is used to reduce the diameter of the rear end extending portion to force the small diameter and an aluminum shield body of the cable to form a good connection. The small diameter provides a flexible deforming space for assuring a long-term and dependable electrical connection.

Claims

1. A coaxial connector for mechanically and electrically connecting a coaxial cable to an electronic device comprising:

a) a connector main body having;

i) a first extending portion;

ii) a second extending portion, the first extending portion and the second extending portion being at opposing ends thereof;

iii) a first hole through a center thereof;

iv) a second hole through a center thereof;

v) and a third hole through a center thereof, the first hole being in the first extending portion, the third hole being in the second extending portion, the second hole being between the first hole and the third hole, the second hole being a larger diameter than the first hole, the third hole being a larger diameter than the second hole;

vi) a plurality of circular ribs being formed at a distal end of the third hole;

vii) an outward flange formed on an external surface of the connector main body between the first extending portion and the second extending portion; and

viii) an arched shoulder extending around an outer circumference of the first extending portion;

b) a connecting member having a inward flange at a first end for engaging the outward flange of the connector main body and internal threads at a second end;

c) a retaining member having;

i) an inner drill hole, the first extending portion of the connector main body being inserted into the inner drill hole;

ii) a first ring end portion having external threads, the first ring end portion being threadly connected to the connecting member;

iii) a second ring end portion having external threads, the first ring end portion and the second ring end portion being at opposing ends thereof; and

iv) a hexagon body portion on the outer circumference thereof;

d) a ring sleeve having a big diameter portion at opposing ends thereof and a small diameter portion between the big diameter portions, the interior of the small diameter portion having a plurality of saw teeth, the ring sleeve being positioned within the third hole of the connector main body;

e) a columnar member having a flange end portion and a tube interface portion for forcibly engaging an aluminum shield body of the coaxial cable, the outer diameter of the of the tube interface portion being smaller than the outer diameter of the flange end portion, the flange end portion being fitly inserted into the second hole of the connector main body, the tube interface portion being inserted into ring sleeve;

f) a ring supporting seat having a through hole and being inserted into the second hole of the connector main body; and

g) a tube sleeve having a contacting core portion at a first end and an insert cotter having an insert cotter hole seat at a second end, the tube sleeve being inserted into the hole in the ring support seat such that a central conductor of the coaxial cable is inserted into the insert cotter hole seat, such that a compression force applied to the second extending portion will force the small diameter portion of the ring sleeve to tightly engage the tube interface portion with the aluminum shield body of the coaxial cable there between and the plurality of rib rings of the second extending portion to securely engage an external cover of the coaxial cable.

2. The coaxial connector for mechanically and electrically connecting a coaxial cable to an electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising a ring washer positioned between the small diameter portion of the ring sleeve and the second extending portion of the connector main body.

3. The coaxial connector for mechanically and electrically connecting a coaxial cable to an electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising a tightening ring having a plurality of convex thorns extending from two opposing faces, the tightening ring being positioned between the connector main body and the retaining member, such that the plurality of convex thorns provide a resilient force against the connector main body and the retaining member.

4. The coaxial connector for mechanically and electrically connecting a coaxial cable to an electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising a sealing member inserted into the arch shoulder of the connector main body.