Coaxial cable connector
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1. A coaxial cable assembly comprising:
- a coaxial cable having an inner conducting wire; and
a coaxial cable connector coupled to the coaxial cable, the inner conducting wire of the coaxial cable extending through at least a portion of the coaxial cable connector, the coaxial cable connector having a plurality of arms, each arm including;
a lever;
a gripper having inwardly extending teeth; and
a joint connecting the lever to the gripper, the gripper being on an opposite side of a longitudinal axis of the coaxial cable than the lever, wherein each joint comprises an opening, the cable extending through the opening of the joint of the first arm, and the joint of the first arm resting within the opening of the joint of the second arm.
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A coaxial cable connector including a plurality of arms, each arm having: a lever, a gripper having inwardly extending teeth, the gripper being on an opposite side of a longitudinal axis of the coaxial cable connector from the lever, and a joint connecting the lever to the gripper, the joint traversing the longitudinal axis to connect the lever to the gripper.
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1. A coaxial cable assembly comprising:
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a coaxial cable having an inner conducting wire; and a coaxial cable connector coupled to the coaxial cable, the inner conducting wire of the coaxial cable extending through at least a portion of the coaxial cable connector, the coaxial cable connector having a plurality of arms, each arm including; a lever; a gripper having inwardly extending teeth; and a joint connecting the lever to the gripper, the gripper being on an opposite side of a longitudinal axis of the coaxial cable than the lever, wherein each joint comprises an opening, the cable extending through the opening of the joint of the first arm, and the joint of the first arm resting within the opening of the joint of the second arm. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of attaching a male coaxial cable connector to a female coaxial cable connector, the male connector having a lever a gripper having teeth and a joint connecting the lever to the gripper, the gripper being on an opposite side of a longitudinal axis of the coaxial cable than the lever, wherein each joint comprises an opening, the cable extending through the opening of the joint of the first arm, and the joint of the first arm resting within the opening of the joint of the second arm, and the male connector being coupled to a coaxial cable having an inner conducting wire, and the female connector having a threaded outer surface and an opening, the method comprising:
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compressing the lever of the male connector to move the gripper of the male connector in a direction away from the coaxial cable; inserting the inner conducting wire of the coaxial cable into the opening on the female connector; and releasing the lever to move the gripper toward the threaded outer surface of the female connector to engage teeth on the gripper with the threaded outer surface of the female connector.
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9. A coaxial cable assembly comprising:
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a male coaxial cable connector having a plurality of arms, each arm including; a lever that can be moved between a resting position and a compressed position; and a gripper coupled to the lever, the gripper being in a closed position when the lever is in the resting position, and the gripper being in an opened position when the lever is in the compressed position; and a coaxial cable coupled to the male coaxial cable connector, the coaxial cable having an inner conducting wire that extends through at least a portion of the male coaxial cable connector, such that the male coaxial cable connector can be connected to a female coaxial cable connector by compressing the levers to move the grippers to the opened position, inserting the inner conducting wire into the female coaxial cable connector, and releasing the levers to move the grippers to the closed position, wherein each arm further comprises a joint connecting the lever of the arm to the gripper of the arm, the lever of the arm being on an opposite side of a longitudinal axis of the coaxial cable than the gripper of the arm, the inner conducting wire of the coaxial cable protruding past the grippers of the arms along the longitudinal axis, wherein at least one of the joints comprises an opening through which the inner conducting wire of the coaxial cable extends. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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