Patent ID: 11962114
Assignee: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A heat dissipating hardline connector, comprising:
a first body portion configured to support a terminal pin assembly;
a second body portion configured to receive a prepared end of a hardline coaxial cable;
wherein the terminal pin assembly is configured to extend from a first end of the first body portion;
wherein the first end of the first body portion is configured to be threadedly coupled with an interface port;
wherein a first end of the second body portion is configured to be coupled with a second end of the first body portion;
wherein the second body portion includes a plurality of spaced apart annular grooves formed in an outer surface of the second body portion and configured to define a plurality of fin portions that are spaced apart from one another along a length of the second body portion;
wherein the plurality of fin portions are configured to define a hexagonal outer profile when viewed from the first end or a second end of the second body portion in the longitudinal direction;
wherein the plurality of fin portions are configured to be gripped with a hex-gripping tool;
wherein the plurality of annular grooves and fin portions are configured to have a surface area that is at least 50% greater than a virtual surface area of the hexagonal outer profile extended along the length of the second body portion;
wherein the plurality of annular grooves and fin portions are configured to provide increased heat dissipation by the second body portion; and
wherein the fin portions and the annular grooves are configured such that the fin portions have a strength configured to avoid being deformed when the second body portion is tightened to the first body portion to a predetermined torque by a tightening tool.