Patent ID: 8956184
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A coaxial cable connector comprising: a coupler comprising a first coupler end and a second coupler end; a component configured to extend along an axis and at least partially receive an inner conductor of a cable end of a coaxial cable, having an insulator surrounding the inner conductor, and a corrugated outer conductor surrounding the insulator, the corrugated outer conductor including an end section having an outer surface region and an inner surface region located opposite of the outer surface region, the inner surface region defining a first space, the component comprising a support surface configured to be at least an inner conductor engager defining a second space configured to at least partially receive the inner conductor, the inner conductor engager comprising a plurality of fingers surrounding the second space; an outer conductor engager including a first portion extending along a first direction parallel to the axis and a second portion extending along a second direction that is not parallel to the axis, the first portion being configured to at least partially receive the end section as the end section is non-rotatably slid along the axis relative to the outer conductor engager; and a compressor configured to at least partially receive the component, the compressor having a first compressor end and a second compressor end, the first compressor end configured to be located closer to the coupler than the second compressor end, wherein the coupler and the compressor are configured to be arranged so that there is a first distance between the first coupler end and the second compressor end, wherein the coaxial cable connector is configured to enable the compressor to axially move along the axis relative to the coupler as a result of at least one axial installation force acting along the axis, and wherein the coaxial cable connector is configured so that: wherein the support surface abuts the inner surface region when at least one of the portions of the outer conductor engager abuts the outer surface region;