Connector for a cable

• US 7,934,955 B1
• Filed: 08/04/2010
• Issued: 05/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/04/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Yvonne C. Hsia
• Original Assignee: Yvonne C. Hsia
• Inventors: Hsia, Yvonne C.
• Primary Examiner(s): NASRI, JAVAID H
• Application Number:
  US12/849,842
• Time in Patent Office: 272 Days
• Field of Search: 439578-580, 439/584, 439/585, 439/587, 439/271
• US Class Current: 439/578
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 2103/00 Two poles
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 24/40 specially adapted for high frequency
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 9/0524 Connection to outer conductor by action of a clamping member, e.g. screw fastening means H01R9/0515 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 9/0527 Connection to outer conductor by action of a resilient member, e.g. spring

Abstract

A connector for a cable contains at least one connecting sleeve, an internal tube, a front fitting member, a rear fitting member, a sheath member, and a circular paw piece, wherein the front fitting member, the rear fitting member, and the sheath member are made of plastic material, so that the connector is assembled easily and conveniently without using an auxiliary tool, and can lower production cost and time.

Claims

1. A connector for a cable comprising

a connecting sleeve formed in an annular tube shape, and including threads formed around an inner wall of a first opening of an upper end thereof, and including a shoulder extending around a bottom end of an inner wall thereof;

an internal tube fitted to the connecting sleeve and formed in a hollowly elongated tube shape, and including an arresting ring extending outward around a front end thereof to abut against the shoulder of the connecting sleeve, and including a circular groove arranged around an outer wall thereof;

a front fitting member being a hollow housing, and including an orifice formed on a rear end thereof, and including a hole disposed on a front end surface thereof, the hole including a circular projection formed around an inner surface thereof to correspond to the circular groove of the internal tube such that the front fitting member is fitted to the outer wall of the internal tube by using the hole and further enable to rotate the connecting sleeve, the front fitting member also including a coupling portion disposed on a rear end thereof;

a rear fitting member formed in a loop shape and including two ends, each with a second opening, including a fixing portion disposed on a front end thereof to connect with the coupling portion of the front fitting member, and the rear fitting member including a stepped protrusion extending from a middle section of an inner surface thereof;

a sheath member formed in a tube shape and including two ends, each with a third opening, to be inserted into the rear fitting member, including a circular retaining slot formed on an outer surface thereof to correspond to the stepped protrusion of the rear fitting member;

a circular paw piece being a circularly metal ratchet paw and including a plurality of paws arranged thereon to be fixed between the front fitting member and the rear fitting member, and the paw being a resilient metal element and tilting toward a center of the circular paw piece.

2. The connector for the cable as claimed in claim 1, wherein the front fitting member, the rear fitting member, and the sheath member are made of plastic material.

3. The connector for the cable as claimed in claim 2, wherein the sheath member includes a waterproof member extending from an inner surface thereof and becoming tilted toward a central portion thereof.

4. The connector for the cable as claimed in claim 3, wherein the connecting sleeve includes a locking section mounted on an outer wall thereof.

5. The connector for the cable as claimed in claim 4, wherein the coupling portion becoming concave from an outer surface of the front fitting member, and the fixing portion is a raised block extending outward from an inner surface of the rear fitting member to connect with the coupling portion of the front fitting member.