Patent ID: 9455508
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. A cable connector, comprising an outer conductor engager configured to receive an end of a coaxial cable, the outer conductor engager having a plurality of resilient fingers configured to be in electrical communication with an outer peripheral surface of an outer conductor of the received coaxial cable, each resilient finger having a first outward-facing barb and an outward-facing tapered surface; a body including an annular ring portion coaxially aligned with the outer conductor engager along an axis, the annular ring being configured to circumscribe the coaxial cable and defining an inward-facing lip, a tapered inner surface, and a compression ring, the compression ring being disposed at an opposite axial side of the tapered inner surface relative to the inward-facing lip, the inward-facing lip of the body engaging the first outward-facing barb of each resilient finger when the body is disposed in a first axial position in a pre-installed state; and a coupler rotatably mounted relative to the annular ring of the body, wherein the coupler is operative to move the body axially relative to the outer conductor engager such that the tapered inner surface of the body engages the tapered outer surface of the outer conductor engager, and the compression ring of the body urges the tapered outer surface of each resilient finger against the peripheral outer surface of the outer conductor when the body is moved axially relative to the outer conductor engager by the coupler to a second axial position in an installed state.