Patent ID: 7867025
Filing Date: 2011-01-11
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A coaxial cable connector comprising: a pin having at one end a terminal for establishing electrical contact with a mating terminal; a basket having a base and having attached thereto a plurality of circumferentially spaced fingers with slots therebetween, said fingers extending generally in a first direction parallel to the axis of said basket to define a basket cavity, such fingers being flexible radially outwardly so as to enable the establishment of electrical contact with an inner wall of a coaxial cable center conductor when axially installed therein, in a direction opposite to said first direction; and a cylindrical collar disposed concentrically on a shank portion of said pin, said collar being composed of an elastic material, and being disposed, along with said pin, in said basket cavity such that, when said basket is inserted into said cable center conductor, said collar is caused to engage the inner wall of said fingers, over a substantial longitudinal portion thereof.