Patent ID: 9537231
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. A connector assembly comprising: a center contact configured to be terminated to a center conductor of a cable; a dielectric holding the center contact; an outer contact surrounding the dielectric and the center contact, the outer contact having a mating segment extending from a mating end, a terminating segment extending from a cable end, and a middle segment between the mating and terminating segments, the terminating segment configured to be terminated to a braid of the cable, the middle segment having a diameter that is less than respective diameters of the mating and terminating segments, the outer contact including a first shoulder separating the middle segment from the mating segment and a second shoulder separating the middle segment from the terminating segment; and a cavity insert surrounding the middle segment of the outer contact, the cavity insert including a receiving shell and a closing shell that are joined together at an interface to define the cavity insert, the cavity insert including a front flared end, a rear flared end, and an intermediate segment between the front and rear flared end segments, the cavity insert defining a channel therethrough, the channel along the intermediate segment having a diameter that is less than respective diameters of the channel along the front and rear flared end, wherein the first shoulder of the outer contact aligns with and engages the front flared end and the second shoulder aligns with and engages the rear flared end to secure an axial position of the outer contact relative to the cavity insert.