Patent ID: 9385467
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: H01R,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A connector configured to be attached to an end of a coaxial cable, the connector comprising: a connector body extending along an axis, the connector body having a cable receiving end and an inner rib located adjacent to the cable receiving end, the cable receiving end configured to receive a cable end of a coaxial cable; and a locking sleeve having a first annular surface and a second annular surface that define a valley there between, the locking sleeve configured to be moved between (i) an attached state in which the locking sleeve is attached to the cable receiving end; and (ii) a detached state in which the locking sleeve is detached from the cable receiving end; wherein, in each of the attached and detached states, the locking sleeve is configured to receive the cable end; and wherein, in the attached state, the locking sleeve is configured to slide along the axis from a first position in which the valley receives the inner rib, to a second position in which the inner rib moves beyond the valley, the cable end being locked to the connector body in the second position; and wherein, in the first position, the first annular surface is disposed forwardly relative to the inner rib along the axis and includes a chamfered rearward surface configured to permit detachment of the locking sleeve from the cable receiving end of the connector body via relative sliding movement between the locking sleeve and the connector body.