Patent ID: 6032358
Filing Date: 2000-03-07
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of mounting a connector assembly onto a coaxial cable with corrugated outer conductor, with the connector assembly having a housing, and a clamping unit comprised of a corrugated sleeve adapted to fit over the cable outer conductor, with the outer conductor having an end face projecting axially beyond an end face of the corrugated sleeve, and a clamping member adapted for engagement with the housing and thereby so pushing the corrugated sleeve into the recess as to clamp a portion of the end face of the cable outer conductor between interacting clamping surfaces of the recess and the corrugated sleeve, said method comprising the steps of:preassembling the connector assembly in such a way that the end face of the corrugated sleeve is situated at a predetermined distance from a bottom of the recess of the housing;attaching the preassembled connector assembly onto the cable end in such a way that the end face of the cable outer conductor bears upon the clamping surface of the recess; andfirmly tightening the clamping member and the housing to one another.