Coaxial cable connector

• US 8,011,955 B1
• Filed: 01/27/2011
• Issued: 09/06/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Yueh Chiung Lu
• Original Assignee: Yueh Chiung Lu
• Inventors: Lu, Yueh Chiung
• Primary Examiner(s): DINH, PHUONG K
• Application Number:
  US13/015,572
• Time in Patent Office: 222 Days
• Field of Search: 439/585, 439/584
• US Class Current: 439/585
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/622 Screw-ring or screw-casing H01R13/623 takes precedence
• 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

Abstract

A coaxial cable connector suitable for assembly with one of a series of coaxial cables having one same specification and different wire outer diameters is disclosed to use a plastic bushing for compressing by a barrel to wrap about the coaxial cable and compress an inner tube against the aluminum foil and insulation spacer of the coaxial cable, protecting the coaxial cable against weather and extending the lifespan. A short distance is left between the aluminum foil insertion hole on the left end of the inner tube and the left orifice of the barrel, facilitating insertion of the insulation spacer and aluminum foil of the coaxial cable without causing damage.

Claims

1. A coaxial cable connector assembled with a coaxial cable consisting of a center conductor, surrounded by an insulation spacer, surrounded by an aluminum foil, surrounded by a braided outer conductor, surrounded by a protective plastic covering, said protective plastic covering of said coaxial cable been stripped off subject to a predetermined length to expose said braided outer conductor, the exposed braided outer conductor been turned backwardly onto said protective plastic covering to expose said insulation spacer and said aluminum foil and to leave a predetermined length of the bare aluminum foil outside said protective plastic covering for installation in said coaxial cable connector, said coaxial cable connector comprising:

a screw nut having an inner thread for threading onto an outer thread of a mating member;

an inner tube mounted in one end of said screw nut, said inner tube comprising a barbed unit extending around the periphery of a left end thereof remote from said screw nut and a foil insertion hole defined in the left end;

a body shell surrounding said inner tube, said body shell comprising an axial hole, a clamping portion surrounding said axial hole and a stop flange extending around the periphery at one end of said clamping portion;

a barrel sleeved onto one end of said body shell beyond said clamping portion and defining with said body shell a crimping distance before installation of said coaxial cable in said coaxial cable connector, said barrel comprising a left orifice for entrance of said coaxial cable connector, a packing hole defined therein and a tapered inner surface formed in a right side of said packing hole; and

a plastic bushing set in said barrel to leave a large gap in between an inner end edge of a left end thereof and an outer end edge of the barbed unit of said inner tube for receiving said braided outer conductor of said coaxial cable, said plastic bushing been crimped and clamped on said protective plastic covering of said coaxial cable against said barbed unit of said inner tube after stoppage of a right end thereof against said stop flange of said body shell, said plastic bushing comprising an inner end edge at a left end thereof, the inner end edge of said plastic bushing defining an inner diameter fitting the packing hole of said barrel, a tapered inside wall gradually reducing in direction from a hole in a right end thereof toward the inner end edge of the left end thereof, and a beveled retaining surface extending around the periphery corresponding to said tapered inside wall and sloping leftwards;

wherein said crimping distance is about ⅔

of the predetermined length of the bare aluminum foil of said coaxial cable facilitating crimping;

the distance between the aluminum foil insertion hole of said inner tube and the left orifice of said barrel is about ⅔

of the predetermined length of the bare aluminum foil of said coaxial cable;

said beveled retaining surface of said plastic bushing is press-fitted into said tapered inner surface of said barrel to prohibit said plastic bushing from escaping from said packing hole of said barrel;

the hole in the right end of said plastic bushing is greater than the packing hole of said barrel, capable for receiving a different thickness of braided outer conductor of a coaxial cable of one same specification.

2. The coaxial cable connector as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a gasket ring mounted in between said screw nut and said body shell.

3. The coaxial cable connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein said crimping distance is the distance between the inner end edge of said barrel and the stop flange of said body shell.

4. The coaxial cable connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein said barbed unit comprises at least one barbed portion.

5. The coaxial cable connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein said plastic bushing is elastically deformable.

6. The coaxial cable connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein said crimping distance is equal to the distance between the aluminum foil insertion hole of said inner tube and the left orifice of said barrel.

7. The coaxial cable connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein said plastic bushing further comprises a barbed portion extending around the tapered inside wall thereof.

8. The coaxial cable connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein said screw nut comprises constructed end portion at one end thereof.

9. The coaxial cable connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein said body shell is a metal member.

10. The coaxial cable connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein said body shell is a plastic member.

11. The coaxial cable connector as claimed in claim 10, wherein said body shell comprises an inner thread forced into engagement with the periphery of said body shell to enhance connection between said body shell and said barrel and to prohibit said body shell from escaping from said barrel.

12. The coaxial cable connector as claimed in claim 10, wherein said inner tube further comprises a barbed portion adapted for stopping against a constructed inner part of said body shell to prohibit said body shell from escaping from said inner tube.