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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
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1. A connector for a cable comprisinga 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.

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