Patent ID: 6065997
Filing Date: 2000-05-23
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A terminal connector for television cable, comprising an integrally formed housing, a contact member and an insulative tube, said housing including a hollow cylinder and a cylindrical wall formed about said hollow cylinder, said insulative tube fitting within said hollow cylinder of said housing, and said contact member fitting within said insulative tube, said cylindrical wall having first and second ends terminating in flat planar surfaces perpendicular to an axis of said cylindrical wall, said first end of said cylindrical wall having a flange extending inward, said second end of said cylindrical wall including an annular groove, said annular groove being adjacent to said flat planar surface of said second end of said cylindrical wall and having a semicircular cross section, said insulative tube having one end abutting said flange of said cylindrical wall and an annular projection tightly held in said annular groove of said cylindrical wall, said annular projection having a shape matching that of said annular groove; wherein cooperation of said flat planar surfaces of said cylindrical wall, said first end of said insulative tube abutting said flange and said annular groove of said cylindrical wall receiving said annular projection of said insulative tube effectively isolates wave interference.