Patent ID: 11881661
Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method of replacing a coaxial cable and connector in a ganged connector assembly, the method comprising:
(a) providing a ganged connector assembly comprising:
a plurality of coaxial connectors, each of the coaxial connectors connected with a respective coaxial cable extending rearwardly therefrom, each of the coaxial connectors including an inner contact and an outer body that is electrically separated from the inner contact;
a shell having a plurality of cavities; and
a plurality of rear bodies, each of the rear bodies encircling a respective outer body, each of the rear bodies mounted in a respective cavity of the shell;
wherein each of the rear bodies includes a first locking feature, and wherein a second locking feature is located in each of the cavities and is fixed relative to the shell, the first locking feature engaging the second locking feature to secure the rear body, the cable and the connector into the shell;

(b) disengaging the first locking features of a first one of the plurality of rear bodies from the second locking features of a first one of the plurality of cavities;
(c) removing the first coaxial connector and its respective coaxial cable and rear body from the first cavity;
(d) inserting a replacement coaxial connector, cable and rear body unit into the first cavity; and
(e) engaging a third locking feature on the rear body of the replacement coaxial connector, cable and rear body unit with the second locking features of the first cavity.