Patent ID: 6536103
Filing Date: 2003-03-25
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
A flaring tool operable for folding an exposed portion of a conductive braid on a coaxial cable to overlie an adjacent portion of an insulating jacket layer on the coaxial cable in preparation for attachment of the coaxial cable to a coaxial cable connector, the flaring tool comprising:a. a tubular housing having an axial conduit, a leading end and a trailing end; b. a flaring rod coaxially and slidably mounted within said axial conduit to reciprocally slide therewithin, said flaring rod having a cylindrical receptacle cavity in a leading end thereof, said cylindrical receptacle cavity being circumscribed by an annular shim at a leading end thereof; and c. a compressed spring disposed within said axial conduit, said spring being operable for urging said flaring rod toward said leading end of said tubular housing; wherein said cylindrical receptacle cavity further comprises a opening disposed in a trailing end thereof, said opening enabling the passage of an exposed portion of a central conductor within the coaxial cable therethrough and wherein the conductive braid of the coaxial cable concentrically overlies a cylindrical dielectric layer having a dielectric layer diameter wherein said cylindrical receptacle cavity has a diameter equal to said dielectric layer diameter.