Coaxial cable port locking terminator and method of use thereof
First Claim
1. A coaxial cable interface port locking terminator comprising:
- an outer terminator housing;
an inner connector body housed within the outer terminator housing, wherein the inner connector body includes internal threads configured to engage external threads of a coaxial cable interface port; and
a ratcheting device including a first ratcheting ring attached to the outer terminator housing having a first ratcheting surface and a second ratcheting ring attached to the inner connector body having a second ratcheting surface, wherein the second ratcheting ring rotates with the inner connector body, the ratcheting device preventing rotation of the outer terminator housing with respect to the inner connector body when the outer terminator housing is rotated in the first direction, the ratcheting device including at least one separate component from the outer terminator housing and the inner connector body;
wherein rotation of the outer terminator housing in a second direction does not cause rotation of the inner connector body in the second directionwherein the first ratcheting surface is axially opposed to the second ratcheting surface.
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a coaxial cable interface port locking terminator including an outer terminator housing and an inner connector body housed within the outer terminator housing. The coaxial cable interface port locking terminator further includes a ratcheting device in operable communication with the outer terminator housing and the inner connector body, the ratcheting device preventing rotation of the outer terminator housing with respect to the inner connector body when the outer terminator housing is rotated in the first direction, the ratcheting device including at least one separate component from the outer terminator housing and the inner connector body. Furthermore, rotation of the outer terminator housing in a second direction does not cause rotation of the inner connector body in the second direction.
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24 Claims
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1. A coaxial cable interface port locking terminator comprising:
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an outer terminator housing; an inner connector body housed within the outer terminator housing, wherein the inner connector body includes internal threads configured to engage external threads of a coaxial cable interface port; and a ratcheting device including a first ratcheting ring attached to the outer terminator housing having a first ratcheting surface and a second ratcheting ring attached to the inner connector body having a second ratcheting surface, wherein the second ratcheting ring rotates with the inner connector body, the ratcheting device preventing rotation of the outer terminator housing with respect to the inner connector body when the outer terminator housing is rotated in the first direction, the ratcheting device including at least one separate component from the outer terminator housing and the inner connector body; wherein rotation of the outer terminator housing in a second direction does not cause rotation of the inner connector body in the second direction wherein the first ratcheting surface is axially opposed to the second ratcheting surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A coaxial cable interface port locking terminator comprising:
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an outer terminator housing; an inner connector body housed within the outer terminator housing, wherein the inner connector body includes internal threads configured to engage external threads of a coaxial cable interface port; and a means for preventing rotation of the outer terminator housing with respect to the inner connector body when the outer terminator is rotated in a first direction, the means including at least a first ratcheting ring and a second ratcheting ring, wherein at least one of the first ratcheting ring and second ratcheting ring is separate from the outer terminator housing and the inner connector body to break free at a predetermined amount of applied torque; wherein rotation of the outer terminator housing in a second direction does not cause rotation of the inner connector body in the second direction wherein a first ratcheting surface of the first ratcheting ring is axially opposed to a second ratcheting surface of the second ratcheting ring.
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13. A coaxial cable interface port locking terminator comprising:
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a port end; a drop line end; an outer terminator housing interference fit with a first ratcheting ring having a first ratcheting surface, the first ratcheting surface facing the port end; and an inner connector body including internal threads configured to engage external threads of a coaxial cable interface port, the inner connector body being operable with a second ratcheting ring having a second ratcheting surface, the second ratcheting surface facing the drop line end, the second ratcheting surface configured to engage the first ratcheting surface during rotation of the outer terminator body in a first direction, the second ratcheting surface configured to not significantly engage the first ratcheting surface during rotation of the outer terminator body in a second direction; wherein the interference fit between the first ratcheting surface and the outer terminator housing is dimensioned to allow the first ratcheting ring to break free from the outer terminator housing when a predetermined amount of tightening torque is applied. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of terminating a coaxial cable port comprising:
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providing a locking terminator, the locking terminator including; an outer terminator housing; an inner connector body housed within the outer terminator housing, wherein the inner connector body includes internal threads configured to engage external threads of a coaxial cable interface port; and a ratcheting device including a first ratcheting ring attached to the outer terminator housing having a first ratcheting surface and a second ratcheting ring attached to the inner connector body having a second ratcheting surface, the ratcheting device preventing rotation of the outer terminator housing with respect to the inner connector body when the outer terminator housing is rotated in a first direction, the ratcheting device including at least one component separate from the outer terminator housing and the inner connector body; wherein rotation of the outer terminator housing in a second direction does not cause rotation of the inner connector body in the second direction; wherein at least one of the first ratcheting ring and the second ratcheting ring are configured to break free from at least one of the outer terminator housing and the inner connector body when a predetermined amount of torque is applied; wherein the first ratcheting surface is axially opposed to the second ratcheting surface, engaging the inner connector body with the coaxial cable port; and rotating the outer terminator housing in the first direction to tighten the inner connector body onto the coaxial cable port. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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24. A coaxial cable interface port locking terminator comprising:
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a port end; a drop line end; an outer terminator housing operable with a first ratcheting ring having a first ratcheting surface, the first ratcheting surface facing the port end; and an inner connector body including internal threads configured to engage external threads of a coaxial cable interface port, the inner connector body being interference fit with a second ratcheting ring having a second ratcheting surface, the second ratcheting surface facing the drop line end, the second ratcheting surface configured to engage the first ratcheting surface during rotation of the outer terminator body in a first direction, the second ratcheting surface configured to not significantly engage the first ratcheting surface during rotation of the outer terminator body in a second direction; wherein the interference fit between the second ratcheting surface and the inner connector body is dimensioned to allow the second ratcheting ring to break free from the inner connector body when a predetermined amount of tightening torque is applied.
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Specification