Patent ID: 6383019
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector for attachment to a coaxial cable having a smooth outer cable conductor, said connector comprising:a connector head including a threaded portion and defining a ring surface for establishing a contact from inside with an outwardly deflected end zone of an outer cable conductor; a contact sleeve adapted to fit over the outer cable conductor and having a plurality of radially resilient segments terminating in beaded ends, said contact sleeve, when not subject to a load, has an inner diameter which in the area of the beaded ends of the segments is smaller than a diameter of the outwardly deflected end zone of the outer cable conductor and in the remaining area is greater than the diameter of the outwardly deflected end zone of the outer cable conductor; a hollow screw adapted to fit over the contact sleeve and formed with a thread for threaded engagement with the connector head, said hollow screw, after moving a clamping path, loading the segments of the contact sleeve in a direction of a clamping action so that the segments clamp the end zone of the outer cable conductor against the ring surface of the connector head; and indexing means for subdividing the clamping path of the hollow screw into first and second sections, with the first section corresponding to a preassembled state of the connector, and with the second section corresponding to a final assembly of the connector onto the cable.