Patent ID: 8449324
Filing Date: 2013-05-28
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A connector for terminating an end of a coaxial cable comprising: a connector body having a cable receiving end for accommodating said end of said cable; and a locking sleeve coupled to said cable receiving end of said body and being detachable and reattachable thereto to define an attached position and a detached position, said locking sleeve capable of insertably receiving said cable end therethrough in both of said attached and detached positions and being slidable in a longitudinal direction with respect to said connector body from a first position to a second position for inseparably locking said cable to said connector body: wherein said connector body includes an inwardly directed rib adjacent the cable receiving end thereof and wherein said locking sleeve includes an annular recess adjacent an end coupled to said cable receiving end of said body, said rib being accommodated in the recess in said first position; wherein the recess is defined by a pair of annular rings that are positioned to engage the rib to resist forward and rearward longitudinal sliding movement of the locking sleeve from the first position.